Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Holman Bible
and dwell in it permanently.
International Standard Version
The righteous will inherit the land, and they will dwell in it forever.
A Conservative Version
The righteous shall inherit the land, and 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.
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.
Themes
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 37:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instruction In Wisdom
28 For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off. 29 The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever. 30 The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:21
For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.
Psalm 37:9
For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.
Psalm 37:18
The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and their heritage will be for ever.
Deuteronomy 30:20
In loving the Lord your God, hearing his voice and being true to him: for he is your life and by him will your days be long: so that you may go on living in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Psalm 37:11
But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.
Psalm 37:27
Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.
2 Peter 3:13
But having faith in his word, we are looking for a new heaven and a new earth, which will be the resting-place of righteousness.
Revelation 21:3-4
And there came to my ears a great voice out of the high seat, saying, See, the Tent of God is with men, and he will make his living-place with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.
Revelation 21:7
He who overcomes will have these things for his heritage; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.