Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou hast given to those fearing thee an ensign. To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. Selah.
New American Standard Bible
That it may be displayed because of the truth.
King James Version
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
Holman Bible
so that they can flee before the archers.
International Standard Version
But you have given a banner to those who fear you, so they may display it in honor of truth. Interlude
A Conservative Version
Thou have given a banner to those who fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
American Standard Version
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah
Amplified
You have set up a banner for those who fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder—a banner to shield them from attack],
A banner that may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
Bible in Basic English
So that your loved ones may be made safe, let your right hand be my salvation, and give me an answer.
Darby Translation
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth, (Selah,)
Julia Smith Translation
Thou gavest a signal to those fearing thee, to flee from the face of the bow. Silence.
King James 2000
You have given a banner to them that fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You have rallied those who fear you round a banner {out of bowshot}, Selah
Modern King James verseion
You have given a banner to those who fear You, to lift it up because of the truth. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yet hast thou given a token, for such as fear thee, that they may triumph because of the truth. Selah.
NET Bible
You have given your loyal followers a rallying flag, so that they might seek safety from the bow. (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou hadst given - to them that revere thee - a banner, to float aloft, Because of thy faithfulness. Selah.
Webster
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
World English Bible
You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
Themes
religious Testimony » How and where to be given » How and where to be given
War » Figurative » To be carried on » Under the lord's banner
Warfare of saints » To be carried on » Under the lord's banner
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 60:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer In Difficult Times
3 Thou hast shewn Thy people a hard thing, Thou hast caused us to drink wine of trembling. 4 Thou hast given to those fearing thee an ensign. To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. Selah. 5 That Thy beloved ones may be drawn out, Save with Thy right hand, and answer us.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 20:5
We sing of thy salvation, And in the name of our God set up a banner. Jehovah doth fulfil all thy requests.
Isaiah 11:12
And He hath lifted up an ensign to nations, And gathereth the driven away of Israel, And the scattered of Judah He assembleth, From the four wings of the earth.
Exodus 17:15
and Moses buildeth an altar, and calleth its name Jehovah-Nissi,
Psalm 12:1-2
To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:
Psalm 45:4
As to Thy majesty -- prosper! -- ride! Because of truth, and meekness -- righteousness, And Thy right hand showeth Thee fearful things.
Song of Songs 2:4
He hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me is love,
Isaiah 5:26
And He lifted up an ensign to nations afar off, And hissed to it from the end of the earth, And lo, with haste, swift it cometh.
Isaiah 13:2
'On a high mountain lift ye up an ensign, Raise the voice to them, wave the hand, And they go in to the openings of nobles.
Isaiah 49:22
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: 'Lo, I lift up unto nations My hand, And unto peoples I raise up Mine ensign, And they have brought thy sons in the bosom, And thy daughters on the shoulder are carried.
Isaiah 59:14-15
And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,
Isaiah 59:19
And they fear from the west the name of Jehovah, And from the rising of the sun -- His honour, When come in as a flood doth an adversary, The Spirit of Jehovah hath raised an ensign against him.
Jeremiah 5:1-3
Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness -- Then am I propitious to her.