Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

The Precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the Commandments of Jehovah are pure, giving light to the eyes.

New American Standard Bible

The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

King James Version

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Holman Bible

The precepts of the Lord are right,
making the heart glad;
the command of the Lord is radiant,
making the eyes light up.

International Standard Version

The precepts of the LORD are upright, making the heart rejoice. The commandment of the LORD is pure, giving light to the eyes.

A Conservative Version

The precepts of LORD are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

American Standard Version

The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Amplified


The precepts of the Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Bible in Basic English

The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.

Darby Translation

The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes;

Julia Smith Translation

The mandates of Jehovah are straight, rejoicing the heart: the command of Jehovah pure, enlightening the eyes.

King James 2000

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The precepts of Yahweh [are] right, making [the] heart rejoice. The command of Yahweh [is] pure, enlightening [the] eyes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The statutes of the LORD are right, and rejoice the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes.

NET Bible

The Lord's precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord's commands are pure and give insight for life.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. The LORD's commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.

The Emphasized Bible

The precepts of Yahweh, are right, Rejoicing the heart, The, commandment of Yahweh, is pure, Enlightening the eyes;

Webster

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

World English Bible

Yahweh's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh's commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Youngs Literal Translation

The precepts of Jehovah are upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes,

References

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Context Readings

The Witness Of Creation And Scripture

7 The Law of Jehovah is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of Jehovah is sure, making the simple wise. 8 The Precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the Commandments of Jehovah are pure, giving light to the eyes. 9 The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of Jehovah are true and righteous altogether,


Cross References

Psalm 12:6

The Words of Jehovah are pure Words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Psalm 119:128

Therefore I count all Your Commandments concerning all things to be right; I hate every false way.

Psalm 13:3

Look! Answer me, O Jehovah my God; enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

Psalm 119:14

I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

Psalm 119:80

Let my heart be sound in Your Precepts, so that I may not be ashamed.

Psalm 119:105

NUN: Your Word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.

Genesis 26:5

because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My Laws.

Exodus 18:16

When they have a matter, they come to me. And I judge between one and another, and I make known the statutes of God and His Laws.

Deuteronomy 4:5-6

Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, so that you should do so in the land where you go to possess it.

Deuteronomy 12:11-12

then there shall be a place which Jehovah your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there. There you shall bring all that I command you, your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 16:11

And you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your slave girl, and the Levite inside your gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, those among you, in the place which Jehovah your God has chosen to place His name there.

Deuteronomy 16:14

And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male slave, and your slave-girl, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow inside your gates.

Nehemiah 9:13

And You came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from Heaven, and gave them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments.

Psalm 40:8

I delight to do Your will, O My God; and Your Law is within My heart.

Psalm 105:45

so that they might take heed to His Precepts and keep His Laws. Praise Jehovah!

Psalm 119:12

Blessed are You, O Jehovah; teach me Your Precepts.

Psalm 119:16

I will delight myself in Your Precepts; I will not forget Your Word.

Psalm 119:24

Your testimonies also are my delight and my advisers.

Psalm 119:40

Behold, I have longed after Your Commandments; in Your righteousness give me life.

Psalm 119:54

Your Precepts have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

Psalm 119:92

Unless Your Law had been my delight, I should then have perished in my affliction.

Psalm 119:98-100

Through Your Commandments You make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.

Psalm 119:121

AYIN: I have done the just and right thing; leave me not to those who crush me.

Psalm 119:130

The entrance of Your Words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

Psalm 119:143

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; yet Your Commandments are my delight.

Psalm 119:171

My lips shall utter praise, when You have taught me Your Precepts.

Proverbs 2:6

For Jehovah gives wisdom; out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life;

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.

Isaiah 64:5

You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry, for we sinned. In them is eternity, and we will be saved.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your Words were found, and I ate them; and Your Word was to me the joy and gladness of my heart; for I am called by Your name, O Jehovah, the God of Hosts.

Ezekiel 36:27

And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall keep My judgments and do them.

Romans 2:17-20

Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the Law, and boast in God;

Romans 3:20

because by the works of the Law none of all flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law is the knowledge of sin.

Romans 7:7

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Let it not be said! But I did not know sin except through the law. For also I did not know lust except the law said, You shall not lust.

Romans 7:12-14

So indeed the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the Law of God according to the inward man;

Galatians 2:19

For through the Law I died to the law, that I might live to God.

Galatians 3:10-13

For as many as are out of works of the Law, these are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the Book of the Law, to do them."

Galatians 3:21

Is the Law then against the promises of God? Let it not be said! For if a law had been given which could have given life, indeed righteousness would have been out of Law.

Nehemiah 8:12

And all the people went to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words which were declared to them.

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