Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the staff of Your kingdom is a staff of righteousness.

New American Standard Bible

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

King James Version

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

Holman Bible

Your throne, God, is forever and ever;
the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

International Standard Version

Your throne, God, exists forever and ever, and the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter.

A Conservative Version

Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. A scepter of straightness is the scepter of thy kingdom.

American Standard Version

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Amplified


Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

Bible in Basic English

Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour.

Darby Translation

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom:

Julia Smith Translation

Thy throne, O God, forever and ever: a rod of straightness the rod of thy kingdom.

King James 2000

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Your throne, O God, [is] forever and ever. A scepter of uprightness [is] the scepter of your kingdom.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thy seat, O God, endureth forever: the scepter of thy kingdom is a right scepter.

NET Bible

Your throne, O God, is permanent. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

New Heart English Bible

Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.

The Emphasized Bible

Thy throne, O God, is to times age-abiding and beyond, A sceptre of equity, is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Webster

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the scepter of thy kingdom is a scepter of justice.

World English Bible

Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.

Youngs Literal Translation

Thy throne, O God, is age-during, and for ever, A sceptre of uprightness Is the sceptre of Thy kingdom.

References

Context Readings

A Royal Wedding Song

5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies; peoples fall under You. 6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the staff of Your kingdom is a staff of righteousness. 7 You love righteousness, and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.


Cross References

Psalm 93:2

Your throne is established of old; You are from everlasting.

Psalm 145:13

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your rule endures throughout all generations.

Isaiah 9:6-7

For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be on His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Jeremiah 23:5-6

Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and act wisely, and shall do judgment and justice in the earth.

Daniel 2:44

And in the days of these kings, the God of Heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed. And the kingdom shall not be left to other peoples, but it shall crush and destroy all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

Luke 1:32-33

He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest. And the Lord God shall give Him the throne of His father David.

Hebrews 1:8-9

But to the Son He says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

Revelation 19:11

And I saw Heaven opened. And behold, a white horse! And He sitting on him was called Faithful and True. And in righteousness He judges and makes war.

Psalm 72:1-20

A Psalm of Solomon. Give the King Your judgments, O God, and Your righteousness to the King's son.

Psalm 89:29

Also I have set his seed forever, and his throne as the days of the heavens.

Psalm 89:36-37

His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before Me.

Psalm 98:9

before Jehovah; for He comes to judge the earth; with righteousness He shall judge the world, and the peoples in uprightness.

Jeremiah 33:15-16

In those days, and at that time, I will cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up to David. And He shall do judgment and righteousness in the land.

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1 Timothy 3:16

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among nations, believed on in the world, and received up into glory.

2 Samuel 23:4

is as the light of the morning, as the sun rises, a morning without clouds. The tender grass springs out of the earth through shining after rain.

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