Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
[When] their judges are thrown down [the] sides of a cliff, then they will understand that my words were pleasant.
New American Standard Bible
And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.
King James Version
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
Holman Bible
the sides of a cliff,
the people
for they are pleasing.
International Standard Version
When their judges are thrown off the cliff, the people will hear my words, for they are appropriate.
A Conservative Version
Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. And they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
American Standard Version
Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; And they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
Amplified
Their [wicked, godless] judges are thrown down the sides of the rocky cliff,
And they [who followed them] will hear my words, for they are pleasant (just).
Darby Translation
When their judges are thrown down from the rocks, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
Julia Smith Translation
Their judges were cast down against the hands of the rock, and they heard my words, for they were sweet.
King James 2000
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
Modern King James verseion
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let their judges be overthrown in stony places, that they may hear my words; for they are sweet.
NET Bible
They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
New Heart English Bible
Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
The Emphasized Bible
Their judges, have been hurled down by a crag, Now have men heard my sayings, for they have become sweet.
Webster
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
World English Bible
Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
Youngs Literal Translation
Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 141:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Protection From Sin And Sinners
5 Let a righteous one strike me in kindness, and let him chasten me. [It is] oil for [my] head; let not my head refuse. For still my prayer [is] against their evil deeds. 6 [When] their judges are thrown down [the] sides of a cliff, then they will understand that my words were pleasant. 7 As [when one] plows and breaks up the earth, [so] our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:1-8
Now [the] Philistines [were] fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before [the] Philistines, and they fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
2 Samuel 1:17-27
Then David sang this funeral song over Saul and over Jonathan his son.
2 Samuel 2:4-6
Then the men of Judah came, and they anointed David there as king over the house of Judah, and they told David, "The men of Jabesh-Gilead buried Saul."
2 Samuel 5:1-3
So all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and they said, "Here we [are], {we are your flesh and blood}.
2 Samuel 23:1
These [are] the last words of David, the declaration of David the son of Jesse, and the declaration of the man exalted [by] the Most High, the anointed one of the God of Jacob and the darling of the songs of Israel.
1 Chronicles 10:1-7
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and every Israelite fled away from before the Philistines. And they fell slain upon Mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles 11:1-3
Then all Israel gathered to David in Hebron, saying, "Look--we are your flesh and bones.
1 Chronicles 12:38
All these [were] men of war arrayed in battle line {with a whole heart}. They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel. Likewise, all the rest of Israel [had] one heart to make David king.
1 Chronicles 13:2
And David said to all the assembly of Israel, "{If it seems good to you} and before Yahweh our God, {let us send word abroad} to our brothers who remain in all the land of Israel and [to] the priests and Levites with them in the cities with their pasturelands that they might be gathered to us.
2 Chronicles 25:12
Now the {troops} captured ten thousand [others] alive, and they brought them to the top of the rock and threw them from the top of the rock. So all of them were smashed [to pieces].
Psalm 45:2
You are [the most] handsome of [the] sons of humankind; grace is poured out on your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
Luke 4:22
And they were all speaking well of him, and were astonished at the gracious words that were coming out of his mouth. And they were saying, "Is this man not the son of Joseph?"