Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[When] their judges are thrown down [the] sides of a cliff, then they will understand that my words were pleasant.
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.
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 141:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Protection From Sin And Sinners
5 The righteous doth beat me in kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer is about their vexations. 6 Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant. 7 As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:1-8
And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,
2 Samuel 1:17-27
And David lamenteth with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son;
2 Samuel 2:4-6
And the men of Judah come, and anoint there David for king over the house of Judah; and they declare to David, saying, 'The men of Jabesh-Gilead are they who buried Saul.'
2 Samuel 5:1-3
And all the tribes of Israel come unto David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, 'Lo, we are thy bone and thy flesh;
2 Samuel 23:1
And these are the last words of David: -- 'The affirmation of David son of Jesse -- And the affirmation of the man raised up -- Concerning the Anointed of the God of Jacob, And the Sweetness of the Songs of Israel:
1 Chronicles 10:1-7
And the Philistines have fought with Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,
1 Chronicles 11:1-3
And gathered are all Israel unto David to Hebron, saying, 'Lo, thy bone and thy flesh are we;
1 Chronicles 12:38
All these are men of war, keeping rank -- with a perfect heart they have come to Hebron, to cause David to reign over all Israel, and also all the rest of Israel are of one heart, to cause David to reign,
1 Chronicles 13:2
and David saith to all the assembly of Israel, 'If unto you it be good, and from Jehovah our God it hath broken forth -- we send unto our brethren, those left in all the lands of Israel, and with them the priests and the Levites, in the cities of their suburbs, and they are gathered unto us,
2 Chronicles 25:12
And ten thousand alive have the sons of Judah taken captive, and they bring them to the top of the rock, and cast them from the top of the rock, and all of them have been broken.
Psalm 45:2
Thou hast been beautified above the sons of men, Grace hath been poured into thy lips, Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age.
Luke 4:22
and all were bearing testimony to him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth out of his mouth, and they said, 'Is not this the son of Joseph?'