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Bible in Basic English

You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.

New American Standard Bible

You are fairer than the sons of men;
Grace is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.

King James Version

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Holman Bible

You are the most handsome of men;
grace flows from your lips.
Therefore God has blessed you forever.

International Standard Version

You are the most handsome of Adam's descendants; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

A Conservative Version

Thou are fairer than the sons of men. Grace is poured into thy lips. Therefore God has blessed thee forever.

American Standard Version

Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Amplified


You are fairer than the sons of men;
Graciousness is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.

Darby Translation

Thou art fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou wert very beautiful above the sons of man: grace was poured forth by thy lips: for this God praised thee forever.

King James 2000

You are fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into your lips: therefore God has blessed you forever.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You are [the most] handsome of [the] sons of humankind; grace is poured out on your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

Modern King James verseion

You are the fairest of the sons of men; grace is poured into Your lips; therefore God has blessed You forever.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou art the fairest among the children of men; full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever.

NET Bible

You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings.

New Heart English Bible

You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

The Emphasized Bible

Most beautiful thou art, beyond the sons of men, Graciousness hath been poured forth by thy lips, For this cause, hath God blessed thee, to times age-abiding.

Webster

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

World English Bible

You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

Youngs Literal Translation

Thou hast been beautified above the sons of men, Grace hath been poured into thy lips, Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age.

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 45:2

References

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Images Psalm 45:2

Prayers for Psalm 45:2

Context Readings

A Royal Wedding Song

1 My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2 You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever. 3 Put on your sword, make it ready at your side, O strong chief, with your glory and power.


Cross References

Luke 4:22

And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

Psalm 21:6

For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:

Psalm 72:17-19

May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name.

Proverbs 22:11

He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

Song of Songs 2:3

As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Song of Songs 5:10-16

My loved one is white and red, the chief among ten thousand.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

Zechariah 9:17

For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.

Matthew 17:2

And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.

John 1:14

And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

John 7:46

The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man.

Philippians 2:9-11

For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name;

Colossians 1:15-18

Who is the image of the unseen God and existed before all living things;

Hebrews 1:3-4

Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;

Hebrews 7:26

It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:

Revelation 1:13-18

And in the middle of them one like a son of man, clothed with a robe down to his feet, and with a band of gold round his breasts.

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