Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

As for God, his way is perfect. The word of LORD is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

New American Standard Bible

As for God, His way is blameless;
The word of the Lord is tried;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

King James Version

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

Holman Bible

God—His way is perfect;
the word of the Lord is pure.
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

International Standard Version

As for God, his way is upright; the word of God is pure; he is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

American Standard Version

As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

Amplified


As for God, His way is blameless.
The word of the Lord is tested [it is perfect, it is faultless];
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

Bible in Basic English

As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

Darby Translation

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of Jehovah is tried: he is a shield to all that trust in him.

Julia Smith Translation

God, blameless his way: the saying of Jehovah being refined: a shield to all trusting in him.

King James 2000

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is proven: he is a shield to all those that trust in him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

This God--his way [is] blameless. The word of Yahweh [is] flawless. He [is] a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

Modern King James verseion

As for God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield to all those who trust in Him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The way of God is an undefiled way; the word of the LORD also is tried in the fire. He is the defender of all them that put their trust in him. {TYNDALE: The way of God is undefiled, and the word of the LORD fined as gold, and he a shield to all that trust in him.}

NET Bible

The one true God acts in a faithful manner; the Lord's promise is reliable; he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.

New Heart English Bible

As for God, his way is perfect. The word of the LORD is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

The Emphasized Bible

As for GOD, blameless is his way, The speech of Yahweh hath been proved, A shield, he is to all who seek refuge in him.

Webster

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

World English Bible

As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

Youngs Literal Translation

God! perfect is His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield is He to all those trusting in Him.

References

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Praise For Deliverance

29 For by thee I run upon a troop, and by my God I leap over a wall. 30 As for God, his way is perfect. The word of LORD is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. 31 For who is God, except LORD? And who is a rock, besides our God,


Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:4

The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice, a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Psalm 12:6

The words of LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times.

Psalm 17:7

Show thy marvelous loving kindness, O thou who saves by thy right hand those who take refuge from those who rise up.

Revelation 15:3

And they sing the song of Moses the bondman of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty, righteous and TRUE are thy ways, thou King of the nations.

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are truth, and his ways justice. And he is able to abase those who walk in pride.

2 Samuel 22:31

As for God, his way is perfect. The word of LORD is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

Psalm 18:2

LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Psalm 19:7-10

The law of LORD is perfect, restoring the soul. The testimony of LORD is sure, making a simple man wise.

Psalm 25:10

All the paths of LORD are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Psalm 84:11-12

For LORD God is a sun and a shield. LORD will give grace and glory. He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 119:140

Thy word is very pure, therefore thy servant loves it.

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is tried. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Romans 12:2

And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind, for ye to approve what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

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