Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

You love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you from among your companions [with] festive oil.

New American Standard Bible

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your fellows.

King James Version

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Holman Bible

You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy
more than your companions.

International Standard Version

You love justice and hate wickedness. That is why God, even your God, has anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness.

A Conservative Version

Thou have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

American Standard Version

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Amplified


You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, your God, has anointed You
Above Your companions with the oil of jubilation.

Bible in Basic English

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

Darby Translation

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou lovedst justice, and thou wilt hate injustice: for this, God thy God anointed thee with the oil of joy above thy companions.

King James 2000

You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

Modern King James verseion

You love righteousness, and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

NET Bible

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.

New Heart English Bible

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

The Emphasized Bible

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated lawlessness, - For this cause, hath God, thine own God, anointed thee, With the oil of gladness, beyond thy partners.

Webster

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

World English Bible

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

Youngs Literal Translation

Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.

Context Readings

A Royal Wedding Song

6 Your throne, O God, [is] forever and ever. A scepter of uprightness [is] the scepter of your kingdom. 7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you from among your companions [with] festive oil. 8 All your robes [are scented with] myrrh and aloes [and] cassia. From palaces of ivory stringed instruments gladden you.


Cross References

Psalm 33:5

[He] loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loyal love of Yahweh.

Psalm 21:6

For you set [on] him blessings forever. You make him glad with [the] joy [of] your presence.

Psalm 89:26

He will call out [to] me, 'You [are] my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

Hebrews 1:9

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; because of this God, your God, has anointed you with the olive oil of joy more than your companions.

Hebrews 2:14

Therefore, since the children share in blood and flesh, he also in like manner shared in these [same things], in order that through death he could destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

Leviticus 8:12

Then he poured out {part of} the anointing oil on Aaron's head--thus he anointed him [in order] to consecrate him.

1 Samuel 16:13

So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. Then the Spirit of Yahweh rushed upon David from that day {on}. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.

1 Kings 1:39-40

Then Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent, and he anointed Solomon. They blew on the trumpet, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon!"

1 Kings 19:16

and Jehu son of Nimshi you shall anoint as king over Israel. You shall also anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-Meholah as prophet in your place.

Psalm 2:2

[The] kings of [the] earth establish themselves, and the rulers conspire together against Yahweh and his anointed:

Psalm 11:7

For Yahweh [is] righteous; he loves righteous deeds. [The] upright shall see his face.

Psalm 89:20

I have found David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him,

Psalm 99:4

And [the] strength of [the] king loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Psalm 101:3-4

I will not set before my eyes any wicked thing. I hate the work of those who fall away; it will not cling to me.

Psalm 101:8

{Each morning}, I will destroy all [the] wicked of [the] land, cutting off from the city of Yahweh all evildoers.

Isaiah 61:1-3

[The] Spirit of the Lord Yahweh [is] upon me, because Yahweh has anointed me, he has sent me to bring good news [to the] oppressed, to bind up {the brokenhearted}, to {proclaim} release to [the] captives and liberation to those who are bound,

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered [and] said to him, "Permit [it] now, for in this way it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he permitted him.

Matthew 7:23

And then {I will say to them plainly}, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!'

Luke 3:22

and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

Luke 4:18-21

"The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because of which he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send out in freedom those who are oppressed,

Luke 13:27

And he will reply, saying to you, 'I do not know where you are from! Go away from me, all [you] {evildoers}!'

John 1:16

For from his fullness we have all received, and grace after grace.

John 3:34

For [the one] whom God sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit by measure.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.'"

Acts 2:28

You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with gladness with your presence.'

Romans 8:29

because [those] whom he foreknew, he also predestined [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brothers.

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ,

Colossians 1:18-19

and he himself is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in everything,

Hebrews 7:26

For a high priest such as this indeed is fitting for us, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and having become exalted [above] the heavens,

Revelation 21:27

And every unclean thing and one who practices detestable things and falsehood will never enter into it, except those who are written in the book of life of the Lamb.

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