Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.

King James Version

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Holman Bible

I am certain that I will see the Lord’s goodness
in the land of the living.

International Standard Version

I believe that I will see the LORD's goodness in the land of the living.

A Conservative Version

I believe that I shall see the goodness of LORD in the land of the living.

American Standard Version

I had fainted , unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living.

Amplified


I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.

Bible in Basic English

I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living.

Darby Translation

Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living ...!

Julia Smith Translation

Unless I believed to look upon the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living.

King James 2000

I would have fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Surely I believe [that I will] see the goodness of Yahweh in [the] land of [the] living.

Modern King James verseion

I would have fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I should utterly have fainted, but that I believe verily to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

NET Bible

Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord's favor in the land of the living?

New Heart English Bible

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

The Emphasized Bible

I believe that I shall see - The goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living,

Webster

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

World English Bible

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.

Youngs Literal Translation

I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 27:13

Devotionals containing Psalm 27:13

References

Fausets

Hastings

Watsons

Images Psalm 27:13

Prayers for Psalm 27:13

Context Readings

My Stronghold

12 Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.
13 I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.
14 Wait for the Lord;
Be strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for the Lord.


Cross References

Psalm 52:5

But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

Psalm 142:5

I cried out to You, O Lord;
I said, “You are my refuge,
My portion in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 26:20

then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living.

Isaiah 38:11

I said, “I will not see the Lord,
The Lord in the land of the living;
I will look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world.

Job 28:13

Man does not know its value,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.

Psalm 31:19

How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who fear You,
Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You,
Before the sons of men!

Jeremiah 11:19

But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
And let us cut him off from the land of the living,
That his name be remembered no more.”

Psalm 42:5

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

Psalm 56:3

When I am afraid,
I will put my trust in You.

Psalm 56:13

For You have delivered my soul from death,
Indeed my feet from stumbling,
So that I may walk before God
In the light of the living.

Psalm 116:9-11

I shall walk before the Lord
In the land of the living.

Isaiah 38:19

“It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today;
A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,

2 Corinthians 4:8-14

we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;

2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Job 33:30

To bring back his soul from the pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

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