Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell in it forever.

New American Standard Bible

The righteous will inherit the land
And dwell in it forever.

King James Version

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Holman Bible

The righteous will inherit the land
and dwell in it permanently.

International Standard Version

The righteous will inherit the land, and they will dwell in it forever.

American Standard Version

The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell therein for ever.

Amplified


The righteous will inherit the land
And live in it forever.

Bible in Basic English

The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

Darby Translation

The righteous shall possess the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Julia Smith Translation

The just shall inherit the earth, and they shall dwell upon it forever.

King James 2000

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] righteous will possess [the] land and abide in it forever.

Modern King James verseion

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell in it forever.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever.

NET Bible

The godly will possess the land and will dwell in it permanently.

New Heart English Bible

The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.

The Emphasized Bible

The righteous, shall inherit the earth, that they may settle down, to futurity, thereupon.

Webster

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

World English Bible

The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.

Youngs Literal Translation

The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Instruction In Wisdom

28 For LORD loves justice, and forsakes not his sanctified. They are preserved forever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell in it forever. 30 The mouth of a righteous man talks of wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Cross References

Proverbs 2:21

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

Psalm 37:9

For evil-doers shall be cut off, but those who wait for LORD, they shall inherit the land.

Psalm 37:18

LORD knows the days of the perfect, and their inheritance shall be forever.

Deuteronomy 30:20

to love LORD thy God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him, for he is thy life, and the length of thy days, that thou may dwell in the land which LORD swore to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Psalm 37:11

But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Psalm 37:27

Depart from evil, and do good, and dwell for evermore.

2 Peter 3:13

But we anticipate a new heavens and a new earth according to his promise, in which righteousness dwells.

Revelation 21:3-4

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them.

Revelation 21:7

He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be God to him, and he will be a son to me.

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