Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part You shall make me to know wisdom.
New American Standard Bible
And in the hidden part You will
King James Version
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Holman Bible
and You teach me wisdom deep within.
International Standard Version
Indeed, you are pleased with truth in the inner person, and you will teach me wisdom in my innermost parts.
A Conservative Version
Behold, thou desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part thou will make me to know wisdom.
American Standard Version
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
Amplified
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.
Bible in Basic English
Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
Darby Translation
Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, thou didst delight in truth in the reins, and in bidden things thou wilt cause me to know wisdom.
King James 2000
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part you shall make me to know wisdom.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Behold, you delight [in] truth in the inward parts, and in [the] hidden [parts] you make me to know wisdom.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But lo, thou hast a pleasure in the truth, and hast showed me secret wisdom.
NET Bible
Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! faithfulness, hast thou desired in the inward parts, Yea, in the hidden part, wilt thou cause me to know, wisdom.
Webster
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
World English Bible
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.
Themes
Homicide » David's repentance for, and confession of, the murder of uriah
The law of God » Requires obedience of the heart
Prayer » Penitential » Of david
Topics
Devotionals
Devotionals about Psalm 51:6
Devotionals containing Psalm 51:6
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 51:6
Prayers for Psalm 51:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Create In Me A Clean Heart, O God
5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. 6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part You shall make me to know wisdom. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:7
But Jehovah said to Samuel, Do not look on his face, nor on his height, because I have refused him. For He does not see as man sees. For man looks on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looks on the heart.
1 Chronicles 29:17
I know also, my God, that You try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy Your people who are present here to offer willingly to You.
Genesis 20:5-6
Did he not say to me, She is my sister? And she, even she herself said, He is my brother. In the sincerity of my heart and innocency of my hands I have done this.
Job 38:36
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
2 Chronicles 31:20-21
And Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and did the good and the right and the true before Jehovah his God.
Job 32:8
But a spirit is in man giving them perception, even the breath of the Almighty.
Psalm 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
Psalm 15:2
He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart;
Psalm 26:2
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; purify my heart and my mind.
Psalm 125:4
Do good, O Jehovah, to the good, and to the upright in their hearts.
Proverbs 2:21
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Jeremiah 5:3
O Jehovah, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; You have destroyed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to return.
Jeremiah 32:40
And I will cut an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good. But I will put My fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from Me.
John 4:23-24
But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to worship Him.
Romans 7:22
For I delight in the Law of God according to the inward man;
James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners; and purify your hearts, double-minded ones.
1 Peter 3:4
but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, the meek and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the sight of God.
2 Kings 20:3
I pray, O Jehovah, remember now how I have walked before You in truth and with a sincere heart, and have done good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.
Proverbs 2:6
For Jehovah gives wisdom; out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Jeremiah 31:33
but this shall be the covenant that I will cut with the house of Israel: After those days, says Jehovah, I will put My Law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Luke 11:39
And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the platter clean, but your inward part is full of plunder and wickedness.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity; not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God; we have had our conduct in the world, and more abundantly toward you.