Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein 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.

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.

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 the LORD loveth the thing that is right; he forsaketh not his saints, but they are preserved forever. The unrighteous shall be punished; as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever. 30 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.


Cross References

Proverbs 2:21

For the just shall dwell in the land, and the innocent shall remain in it.

Psalm 37:9

For wicked doers shall be rooted out; but they that patiently abide the LORD, shall inherit the land.

Psalm 37:18

The LORD knoweth the days of the godly, and their inheritance shall endure forever.

Deuteronomy 30:20

in that thou lovest the LORD thy God, hearkenest unto his voice and cleavest unto him. For he is thy life and the length of thy days, that thou mayest dwell upon the earth which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give them."

Psalm 37:11

But the meek spirited shall possess the earth, and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace.

Psalm 37:27

Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good, and dwell for evermore.

2 Peter 3:13

Nevertheless, we look for a new heaven, and a new earth, according to his promise, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

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 shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God.

Revelation 21:7

He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

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