Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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.

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.

References

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Praise For Deliverance

29 For by Thee I run -- a troop! And by my God I leap a wall. 30 God! perfect is His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield is He to all those trusting in Him. 31 For who is God besides Jehovah? And who is a rock save our God?


Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:4

The Rock! -- perfect is His work, For all His ways are just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright is He.

Psalm 12:6

Sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.

Psalm 17:7

Separate wonderfully Thy kindness, O Saviour of the confiding, By Thy right hand, from withstanders.

Revelation 15:3

and they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, 'Great and wonderful are Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty, righteous and true are Thy ways, O King of saints,

Daniel 4:37

Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works are truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.'

2 Samuel 22:31

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

Psalm 18:2

Jehovah is my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God is my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

Psalm 19:7-10

The law of Jehovah is perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah are stedfast, Making wise the simple,

Psalm 25:10

All the paths of Jehovah are kindness and truth, To those keeping His covenant, And His testimonies.

Psalm 84:11-12

For a sun and a shield is Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.

Psalm 119:140

Tried is thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.

Proverbs 30:5

Every saying of God is tried, A shield He is to those trusting in Him.

Romans 12:2

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what is the will of God -- the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

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