Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD shall preserve him, and keep him alive: he shall make him to prosper upon earth, and shall not deliver him into the will of his enemies.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord will protect him and keep him alive,
And he shall be called blessed upon the earth;
And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.

King James Version

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

Holman Bible

The Lord will keep him and preserve him;
he will be blessed in the land.
You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies.

International Standard Version

The LORD will protect him and keep him alive; he will be blessed in the land; and he will not be handed over to the desires of his enemies.

A Conservative Version

LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth. And thou do not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

American Standard Version

Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.

Amplified


The Lord will protect him and keep him alive;
And he will be called blessed in the land;
You do not hand him over to the desire of his enemies.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.

Darby Translation

Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah will watch him and preserve him alive; he shall be happy upon the earth, and thou wilt not give him to the soul of his enemies.

King James 2000

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and you will not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh protects him and keeps him alive; he is blessed in the land, and you do not give him into the will of his enemies.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah will watch over him and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed on the earth; and You will not deliver him to the soul of his enemies.

NET Bible

May the Lord protect him and save his life! May he be blessed in the land! Do not turn him over to his enemies!

New Heart English Bible

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.

The Emphasized Bible

Yahweh, will preserve him and keep him alive, And he shall be pronounced happy in the land, Do not then give him up at the desire of his enemies!

Webster

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

World English Bible

Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.

Youngs Literal Translation

Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.

References

American

Context Readings

Victory In Spite Of Betrayal

1 {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Blessed is he, that considereth the poor; the LORD shall deliver him in the time of trouble. 2 The LORD shall preserve him, and keep him alive: he shall make him to prosper upon earth, and shall not deliver him into the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD shall refresh him, when he lieth sick upon his bed, yea thou makest his bed in all his sickness.

Cross References

Psalm 27:12

Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries; for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as imagine mischief.

Psalm 33:19

that he may deliver their soul from death, and to feed them in the time of dearth.

Psalm 37:22

Such as are blessed of God shall possess the land; and they that are cursed of him shall be rooted out.

Psalm 37:32-33

The ungodly watcheth the righteous, and seeketh occasion to slay him.

Psalm 91:3-7

For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence.

Psalm 128:1-6

{A song of the stairs} Blessed are all they that fear the LORD, and walk in his ways.

Psalm 140:8-9

Let not the ungodly have his desire, O LORD; let not his mischievous imagination prosper, lest they be too proud. Selah.

Jeremiah 45:4-5

Therefore tell him, O Jeremiah, that the LORD sayeth thus: Behold; The thing that I have builded, will I break down again, and root out the thing, that I have planted, yea this whole land.

1 Timothy 4:8

For bodily exercise profiteth little: But godliness is good unto all things, as a thing which hath promises of the life that is now, and of the life to come.

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