Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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.

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 and penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. Nations fall at your feet. 6 Your throne, O God, is permanent. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice. 7 You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

Cross References

Psalm 93:2

Your throne has been secure from ancient times; you have always been king.

Psalm 145:13

Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations.

Isaiah 9:6-7

For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Jeremiah 23:5-6

"I, the Lord, promise that a new time will certainly come when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David. He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding and will do what is just and right in the land.

Daniel 2:44

In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand 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 a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.

Revelation 19:11

Then I saw heaven opened and here came a white horse! The one riding it was called "Faithful" and "True," and with justice he judges and goes to war.

Psalm 72:1-20

For Solomon. O God, grant the king the ability to make just decisions! Grant the king's son the ability to make fair decisions!

Psalm 89:29

I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above.

Psalm 89:36-37

His dynasty will last forever. His throne will endure before me, like the sun,

Psalm 98:9

before the Lord! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in a just manner.

Jeremiah 33:15-16

In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant of David. "'He will do what is just and right in the land.

John 1:1

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

1 Timothy 3:16

And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

2 Samuel 23:4

is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.

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