Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

New American Standard Bible

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.

King James Version

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Holman Bible

The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

International Standard Version

The boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places for me; truly, I have a beautiful heritage.

A Conservative Version

The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places. Yea, I have a fine heritage.

American Standard Version

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Amplified


The [boundary] lines [of the land] have fallen for me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.

Bible in Basic English

Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage.

Julia Smith Translation

The cords fell to me in sweetnesses; also the inheritance was bountiful upon me.

King James 2000

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] measuring lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. Yes, [my] inheritance is delightful for me.

Modern King James verseion

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yea, I have a beautiful inheritance.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The lot is fallen unto me in fair ground; yea I have a goodly heritage.

NET Bible

It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land.

New Heart English Bible

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.

The Emphasized Bible

The lines, have fallen unto me, in pleasant places, Verily an inheritance that delighteth me.

Webster

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a goodly heritage.

World English Bible

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance is for me.

References

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Context Readings

Confidence In The Lord

5 Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7 I will bless Jehovah, who giveth me counsel; even in the nights my reins instruct me.

Cross References

Psalm 78:55

And he drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Jeremiah 3:19

And as for me, I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee the pleasant land, the goodly inheritance of the hosts of the nations? And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following me.

Psalm 21:1-3

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The king shall joy in thy strength, Jehovah; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice.

Amos 7:17

Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided with the line; and thou shalt die in a land that is unclean; and Israel shall certainly go into captivity, out of his land.

John 20:17

Jesus says to her, Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.

Romans 8:17

And if children, heirs also: heirs of God, and Christ's joint heirs; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

1 Corinthians 3:21-23

So that let no one boast in men; for all things are yours.

Ephesians 1:18

being enlightened in the eyes of your heart, so that ye should know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Philippians 2:9-11

Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and granted him a name, that which is above every name,

2 Timothy 2:12

if we endure, we shall also reign together; if we deny, he also will deny us;

Hebrews 12:2

looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured the cross, having despised the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Revelation 3:21

He that overcomes, to him will I give to sit with me in my throne; as I also have overcome, and have sat down with my Father in his throne.

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