Parallel Verses

King James Version

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

New American Standard Bible

There they are in great dread,
For God is with the righteous generation.

Holman Bible

Then they will be filled with terror,
for God is with those who are righteous.

International Standard Version

There they are seized with terror, because God is with those who are righteous.

A Conservative Version

There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

American Standard Version

There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous.

Amplified


There they tremble with great fear,
For God is with the [consistently] righteous generation.

Bible in Basic English

Then were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the upright.

Darby Translation

There were they in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Julia Smith Translation

There they feared a fear: for God is in the generation of the just one.

King James 2000

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Lexham Expanded Bible

There {they are very fearful} because God [is] with [the] generation of [the] righteous.

Modern King James verseion

There they were in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

NET Bible

They are absolutely terrified, for God defends the godly.

New Heart English Bible

There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

The Emphasized Bible

There have they been in great dread, because, God, is in the circle of the righteous man.

Webster

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

World English Bible

There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Youngs Literal Translation

There they have feared a fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous.

References

Hastings

Context Readings

A Portrait Of Sinners

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. 5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.


Cross References

Psalm 73:15

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

Psalm 24:6

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Psalm 112:2

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Exodus 15:16

Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

Esther 8:7

Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

Psalm 22:30

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

Psalm 46:5

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

Psalm 46:7

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 46:11

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 53:5

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

Proverbs 1:26-27

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Proverbs 28:1

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Isaiah 8:10

Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

Isaiah 12:6

Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

Isaiah 41:10

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isaiah 43:1-2

But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

Matthew 1:23

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

1 Peter 2:9

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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