Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah are true, They have been righteous -- together.

New American Standard Bible

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether.

King James Version

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

Holman Bible

The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever;
the ordinances of the Lord are reliable
and altogether righteous.

International Standard Version

The fear of the LORD is clean, standing forever. The judgments of the LORD are true; they are altogether righteous.

A Conservative Version

The fear of LORD is clean, enduring forever. The ordinances of LORD are true, [and] righteous altogether.

American Standard Version

The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of Jehovah are true, and righteous altogether.

Amplified


The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true, they are righteous altogether.

Bible in Basic English

The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

Darby Translation

The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever; the judgments of Jehovah are truth, they are righteous altogether:

Julia Smith Translation

The fear of Jehovah being pure, standing forever: the judgments of Jehovah, truth, they were altogether just

King James 2000

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The fear of Yahweh [is] pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of Yahweh [are] true; they are righteous altogether,

Modern King James verseion

The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of Jehovah are true and righteous altogether,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The fear of the LORD is clean, and endureth forever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

NET Bible

The commands to fear the Lord are right and endure forever. The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy and absolutely just.

New Heart English Bible

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever. The LORD's ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.

The Emphasized Bible

The, reverence of Yahweh, is clean, Enduring evermore, - The, decisions of Yahweh, are faithful, They are righteous, altogether:

Webster

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

World English Bible

The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh's ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.

References

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

The Witness Of Creation And Scripture

8 The precepts of Jehovah are upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes, 9 The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah are true, They have been righteous -- together. 10 They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.


Cross References

Psalm 119:142

Thy righteousness is righteousness to the age, And Thy law is truth.

Genesis 22:12

and He saith, 'Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.'

Genesis 42:18

And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, 'This do and live; God I fear!

Exodus 21:1

And these are the judgments which thou dost set before them:

Deuteronomy 4:8

and which is the great nation which hath righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting before you to-day?

1 Samuel 12:24

only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;

1 Kings 18:3-4

and Ahab calleth unto Obadiah, who is over the house -- and Obadiah hath been fearing Jehovah greatly,

1 Kings 18:12

and it hath been, I go from thee, and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up, whither I know not, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he doth not find thee, and he hath slain me; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth.

Nehemiah 5:15

the former governors who are before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides in silver forty shekels; also, their servants have ruled over the people -- and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.

Psalm 10:5

Pain do his ways at all times, On high are Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them.

Psalm 34:11-14

Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you.

Psalm 36:1

To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David. The transgression of the wicked Is affirming within my heart, 'Fear of God is not before his eyes,

Psalm 36:6

Thy righteousness is as mountains of God, Thy judgments are a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah.

Psalm 72:1-2

By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.

Psalm 111:10-6

The beginning of wisdom is fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise is standing for ever!

Psalm 115:13

He blesseth those fearing Jehovah, The small with the great.

Psalm 119:1

Aleph. O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,

Psalm 119:7

I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.

Psalm 119:39

Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments are good.

Psalm 119:62

At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.

Psalm 119:75

I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous are Thy judgments, And in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn, and I confirm it, To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.

Psalm 119:137-138

Tzade. Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, And upright are Thy judgments.

Psalm 147:19

Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

Isaiah 26:8

Also, in the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited for Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance Is the desire of the soul.

Acts 10:22

And they said, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.'

Romans 2:2

and we have known that the judgment of God is according to truth, upon those practising such things.

Romans 3:10-18

according as it hath been written -- 'There is none righteous, not even one;

Romans 11:22

Lo, then, goodness and severity of God -- upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the goodness, otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.

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,

Revelation 16:7

and I heard another out of the altar, saying, 'Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are Thy judgments.'

Revelation 19:2

because true and righteous are His judgments, because He did judge the great whore who did corrupt the earth in her whoredom, and He did avenge the blood of His servants at her hand;'

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