Parallel Verses
Webster
The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a goodly heritage.
New American Standard Bible
Indeed, my heritage is
King James Version
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Holman Bible
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.
Darby Translation
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly 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.
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
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 16:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Confidence In The Lord
5 The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. 6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a goodly heritage. 7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night season.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 78:55
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Jeremiah 3:19
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
Psalm 21:1-3
To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
Amos 7:17
Therefore thus saith the LORD; 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 by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go from his land into captivity.
John 20:17
Jesus saith 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, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if we suffer with him, that we may be glorified together.
1 Corinthians 3:21-23
Therefore let no man glory in men: for all things are yours:
Ephesians 1:18
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may 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 God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
2 Timothy 2:12
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
Hebrews 12:2
Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Revelation 3:21
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me on my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father on his throne.