Parallel Verses

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 King James verseion

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

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;
The peoples fall under You;
Your arrows are in the heart of the King’s enemies.
6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your fellows.


Cross References

Psalm 93:2

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

Psalm 145:13

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

Isaiah 9:6-7

For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

Jeremiah 23:5-6

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch;
And He will reign as king and act wisely
And do justice and righteousness in the land.

Daniel 2:44

In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.

Luke 1:32-33

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;

Hebrews 1:8-9

But of the Son He says,
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
And the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom.

Revelation 19:11

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages 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

“So I will establish his descendants forever
And his throne as the days of heaven.

Psalm 89:36-37

“His descendants shall endure forever
And his throne as the sun before Me.

Psalm 98:9

Before the Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth;
He will judge the world with righteousness
And the peoples with equity.

Jeremiah 33:15-16

In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth.

John 1:1

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

1 Timothy 3:16

By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was revealed in the flesh,
Was vindicated in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Proclaimed among the nations,
Believed on in the world,
Taken up in glory.

2 Samuel 23:4

Is as the light of the morning when the sun rises,
A morning without clouds,
When the tender grass springs out of the earth,
Through sunshine after rain.’

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