Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

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

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.

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.

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.

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, Yahweh, loveth justice, and will not forsake his men of lovingkindness, Unto times age-abiding, have the perverse been destroyed, - and the seed of the lawless, been cut off. 29 The righteous, shall inherit the earth, that they may settle down, to futurity, thereupon. 30 The mouth of a righteous man, softly uttereth wisdom, and, his tongue, speaketh justice:

Cross References

Proverbs 2:21

For, the upright, shall abide on the earth, - and, the men of integrity, shall remain therein;

Psalm 37:9

For, evil doers, shall be cut off, but, as for them who wait for Yahweh, they, shall inherit the earth.

Psalm 37:18

Yahweh knoweth the days of the blameless, that, their inheritance, unto times age-abiding, shall continue.

Deuteronomy 30:20

to love Yahweh thy God, to hearken unto his voice, and to cleave unto him, - for, he, is thy life, and thy length of days, that thou mayest abide upon the soil which Yahweh sware to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, to give unto them.

Psalm 37:11

But, the patient oppressed-ones, shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves over the abundance of prosperity.

Psalm 37:27

Turn from evil, and do good, and so settle down, unto times age-abiding.

2 Peter 3:13

But, new heavens, and a new earth, according to his promise, are we expecting, wherein, righteousness, is to dwell.

Revelation 21:3-4

And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying - Lo! the tent of God, is with men, and he will tabernacle with them, and, they, shall be, his peoples, and, he, shall be, God with them;

Revelation 21:7

He that overcometh, shall inherit these things, - And I will be, to him, a God, and, he, shall be, to me, a son;

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