Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Is God in His
King James Version
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Holman Bible
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.
International Standard Version
A father to orphans and an advocate for widows is God in his holy dwelling place.
A Conservative Version
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
American Standard Version
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
Amplified
A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
Bible in Basic English
A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.
Darby Translation
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Julia Smith Translation
A father of orphans and a judge of widows, God in his holy habitation.
King James 2000
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A father to orphans and a judge for widows [is] God in his holy habitation.
Modern King James verseion
In His holy dwelling God is the father of the fatherless, and the judge of the widows.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He is a father of the fatherless, he is a defender of widows; even God in his holy habitation.
NET Bible
He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.
New Heart English Bible
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
The Emphasized Bible
The father of the fatherless, And the advocate of widows, Is God, in his holy habitation.
Webster
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
World English Bible
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Youngs Literal Translation
Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
Themes
Fatherless » God will » Be a father of
God » Fatherhood of » General references to
God's Promises » To the widow and fatherless » God's care for
Heavenly » Father » General references to
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 68:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Majestic Power
4
Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him!
5
Is God in His
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.
Psalm 10:14
But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 146:9
The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
Deuteronomy 26:15
Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel and the ground that you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.'
2 Chronicles 6:2
But I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever."
2 Chronicles 30:27
Then the priests and the Levites arose and blessed the people, and their voice was heard, and their prayer came to his holy habitation in heaven.
Job 29:12-13
because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
Job 31:16-17
"If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Psalm 10:18
to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
Psalm 33:14
from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
Psalm 72:2
May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!
Psalm 72:4
May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor!
Psalm 82:3-4
Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isaiah 66:1
Thus says the LORD: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?
Jeremiah 5:28
they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Jeremiah 49:11
Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive; and let your widows trust in me."
Hosea 14:3
Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will say no more, 'Our God,' to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy."
Luke 18:2-7
He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.
Acts 7:48-49
Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says,
Ephesians 5:1
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.