Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, And thy justice as the noon-day.
New American Standard Bible
And your judgment
King James Version
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Holman Bible
your justice like the noonday.
International Standard Version
He will bring forth your righteousness as a light, and your justice as the noonday sun.
A Conservative Version
And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, and thy justice as the noon-day.
Amplified
He will make your righteousness [your pursuit of right standing with God] like the light,
And your judgment like [the shining of] the noonday [sun].
Bible in Basic English
And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.
Darby Translation
and he will bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Julia Smith Translation
And he brought forth as the light thy justice, and thy judgment as the noon.
King James 2000
And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he will bring forth your righteousness like the light, and your justice like the noonday.
Modern King James verseion
And He shall bring forth your righteousness like the light, and your judgment like the noonday.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light, and thy just dealing as the noonday.
NET Bible
He will vindicate you in broad daylight, and publicly defend your just cause.
New Heart English Bible
And he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
The Emphasized Bible
So will he bring forth, as the light, thy righteousness, and thy vindication as the noonday.
Webster
And he will bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day.
World English Bible
he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.
Youngs Literal Translation
And hath brought out as light thy righteousness, And thy judgment as noon-day.
Themes
Commitment » The reward for committing to the lord
The fruit of righteousness » The lord bringing forth righteousness
Topics
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 37:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instruction In Wisdom
5 Commit thy way unto Jehovah; Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass. 6 And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, And thy justice as the noon-day. 7 Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 11:17
And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
Micah 7:8-9
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.
Psalm 31:20
In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man: Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.
Isaiah 58:8
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall by thy rearward.
Isaiah 58:10
and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;
Malachi 3:18
Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Matthew 13:43
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.