Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,
New American Standard Bible
Even the one
With whom there
And who
King James Version
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
Holman Bible
will hear and will humiliate themSelah
because they do not change
and do not fear God.
International Standard Version
God, who is enthroned from long ago, will hear me and humble them. Interlude Because they do not repent, they do not fear God.
A Conservative Version
God will hear, and respond to them, (even he who abides of old), Selah, [men] who have no changes, and who fear not God.
American Standard Version
God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, Selah The men who have no changes, And who fear not God.
Amplified
God will hear and humble them,
Even He who
Because in them there has been no change [of heart],
And they do not fear God [at all].
Bible in Basic English
God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.
Darby Translation
God will hear, and afflict them: he that is seated of old, (Selah) ... because there is no change in them, and they fear not God.
Julia Smith Translation
God will hear and he will humble them, and he dwelt of old. Silence. With whom no changes to them and they feared not God.
King James 2000
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abides of old. Selah. Because they do not change, therefore they fear not God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
God will hear and answer them, [he] who [is] enthroned from of old, Selah Because they do not change, and they do not fear God.
Modern King James verseion
God shall hear and answer them, even He who is enthroned of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they do not fear God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, even God, that endureth forever, shall hear me, and bring them down; Selah. For they will not turn, nor fear God.
NET Bible
God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago, will hear and humiliate them. (Selah) They refuse to change, and do not fear God.
New Heart English Bible
God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who do not fear God.
The Emphasized Bible
GOD will hear, Yea He will humble them who aforetime sat enthroned . Selah.With whom are no changings, Neither have they revered God.
Webster
God will hear and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
World English Bible
God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who don't fear God.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 55:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Betrayal By A Friend
18 He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me. 19 God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God, 20 He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:27
A habitation is the eternal God, And beneath are arms age-during. And He casteth out from thy presence the enemy, and saith, 'Destroy!'
Psalm 65:5
By fearful things in righteousness Thou answerest us, O God of our salvation, The confidence of all far off ends of earth and sea.
Psalm 73:5-6
In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.
Psalm 78:59
God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.
Psalm 90:1-2
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou -- Thou hast been, To us -- in generation and generation,
Psalm 143:12
And in Thy kindness cuttest off mine enemies, And hast destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I am Thy servant!
Proverbs 1:32
For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because sentence hath not been done on an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.
Isaiah 36:20
Who among all the gods of these lands are they who have delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah doth deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'
Jeremiah 48:11
Secure is Moab from his youth, And at rest is he for his preserved things, And he hath not been emptied out from vessel unto vessel, And into captivity he hath not gone, Therefore hath his taste remained in him, And his fragrance hath not been changed.
Micah 5:2
And thou, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, Little to be among the chiefs of Judah! From thee to Me he cometh forth -- to be ruler in Israel, And his comings forth are of old, From the days of antiquity.
Zephaniah 1:12
And it hath come to pass, at that time, I search Jerusalem with lights, And I have laid a charge on the men Who are hardened on their preserved things, Who are saying in their heart: Jehovah doth no good, nor doth He evil.
Colossians 1:17
and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.
1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men are contrary,
Revelation 6:10-11
and they were crying with a great voice, saying, 'Till when, O Master, the Holy and the True, dost Thou not judge and take vengeance of our blood from those dwelling upon the land?'