Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

How precious [is] your loyal love, O God, and the children of humankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

New American Standard Bible

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

King James Version

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

Holman Bible

God, Your faithful love is so valuable
that people take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

International Standard Version

How precious is your gracious love, God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

A Conservative Version

How precious is thy loving kindness, O God, and the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.

American Standard Version

How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.

Amplified


How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

Bible in Basic English

How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

Darby Translation

How precious is thy loving-kindness, O God! So the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.

Julia Smith Translation

How precious thy mercy, O God! and the sons of man shall put their trust in the shadow of thy wings.

King James 2000

How excellent is your lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of your wings.

Modern King James verseion

How precious is Your loving-kindness, O God! And the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of Your wing.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

How excellent is thy mercy, O God! And the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

NET Bible

How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings.

New Heart English Bible

How precious is your loving kindness, God. The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

The Emphasized Bible

How precious thy lovingkindness, O God, - Therefore, the sons of men, under the shadow of thy wings, seek refuge:

Webster

How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

World English Bible

How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

Youngs Literal Translation

How precious is Thy kindness, O God, And the sons of men In the shadow of Thy wings do trust.

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love

6 Your righteousness [is] {like the mighty mountains}, your judgments [like the] great deep. You save man and beast, O Yahweh. 7 How precious [is] your loyal love, O God, and the children of humankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. 8 They are refreshed with the {fullness} of your house, and you give them drink [from] the river of your delights.

Cross References

Ruth 2:12

May Yahweh reward your work and may a full reward be [given to] you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you came to take refuge."

Psalm 17:8

Keep me as {the apple of your eye}. Hide me in the shadow of your wings

Psalm 91:4

With his feathers he will cover you, and under his wings you can take refuge. His faithfulness [will be] a shield and a buckler.

Psalm 31:19

How abundant [is] your goodness that you have stored up for [those who] fear you, that you perform for those who take refuge in you before [the] children of humankind.

Psalm 57:1

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, because in you my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of your wings I will take refuge until destruction passes by.

Psalm 139:17

And to me, how precious are your thoughts, O God; how vast is their sum.

1 John 3:1

See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called children of God, and we are! Because of this the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

Exodus 34:6

And Yahweh passed over before him, and he proclaimed, "Yahweh, Yahweh, God, [who is] compassionate and gracious, {slow to anger}, and abounding with loyal love and faithfulness,

Psalm 63:7

Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

Psalm 86:5

For you, O Lord, [are] good and forgiving, and abundant in loyal love for all who call to you.

Psalm 86:15

But you, O Lord, [are] a compassionate and gracious God, {slow to anger} and abundant in loyal love and faithfulness.

Psalm 145:7-8

They will utter the renown of your abundant goodness, and they will proclaim with joy your righteousness.

Luke 13:34

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together {the way} a hen [gathers] her own brood under [her] wings, and you were not willing!

John 3:16

For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life.

1 Peter 2:6-7

For it stands in scripture, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a chosen [and] precious cornerstone, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame."

2 Peter 1:4

through which things he has bestowed on us his precious and very great promises, so that through these you may become sharers of the divine nature [after] escaping from the corruption [that is] in the world because of evil desire,

1 John 4:9-10

By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God sent his one and only Son into the world in order that we may live through him.

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