Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah.
New American Standard Bible
And You have not withheld the request of his lips.
King James Version
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
Holman Bible
and have not denied the request of his lips.
International Standard Version
You have granted him the desire of his heart, and have not withheld what his lips requested. Interlude
A Conservative Version
Thou have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
American Standard Version
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah
Amplified
You have given him his heart’s desire,
And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
Bible in Basic English
You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)
Darby Translation
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
Julia Smith Translation
The desire of his heart thou gavest to him, and the longing of his lips thou didst not withhold. Silence.
King James 2000
You have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You have given him the desire of his heart, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
Modern King James verseion
You have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the prayer of his lips. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not denied him the request of his lips. Selah.
NET Bible
You grant him his heart's desire; you do not refuse his request. (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
You have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
The longing of his heart, hast thou given him, and, the request of his lips, hast thou not withheld. Selah.
Webster
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
World English Bible
You have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 21:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The King's Victory
1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Jehovah, in Thy strength is the king joyful, In Thy salvation how greatly he rejoiceth. 2 The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah. 3 For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 20:4-5
He doth give to thee according to thy heart, And all thy counsel doth fulfil.
Psalm 2:8-9
Ask of Me and I give nations -- thy inheritance, And thy possession -- the ends of earth.
Psalm 37:4
And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.
Psalm 92:11
And mine eye looketh on mine enemies, Of those rising up against me, The evil doers, do mine ears hear.
Isaiah 49:6-12
And He saith, 'It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.'
Hebrews 7:25
whence also he is able to save to the very end, those coming through him unto God -- ever living to make intercession for them.