Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
A father to orphans and a judge for widows [is] God in his holy habitation.
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.
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 [the] rider on the clouds--his name is Yah-- and rejoice before him. 5 A father to orphans and a judge for widows [is] God in his holy habitation. 6 God settles the lonely in a home; he brings prisoners out into prosperity. But the rebellious abide in a barren land.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:18
[And he] executes justice for the orphan and widow, and [he is] one who loves [the] alien, to give to them food and clothing.
Psalm 10:14
[But] you have seen; indeed you have noted trouble and grief to take [it] into your hand. The helpless abandons [himself] upon you; you have been [the] helper [for the] orphan.
Psalm 146:9
Yahweh protects [the] strangers. He helps up [the] orphan and [the] widow, but [the] way of [the] wicked he {thwarts}.
Deuteronomy 26:15
Look down from the dwelling place of your holiness, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the land that you have given to us, as you swore to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.'
2 Chronicles 6:2
But I have built for you an exalted house, even 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 dwelling place in the heavens.
Job 29:12-13
because I saved [the] needy who cried for help, and [I saved] [the] orphan for whom [there was] no helper.
Job 31:16-17
"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,
Psalm 10:18
to render judgment [for the] fatherless and [the] oppressed [so that] a [mere] mortal from the earth will no longer cause terror.
Psalm 33:14
From his dwelling place he gazes 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 provide justice [for the] poor of [the] people, save [the] children of [the] needy, and crush [the] oppressor.
Psalm 82:3-4
Judge [on behalf of the] helpless and [the] orphan; provide justice [to the] afflicted and [the] poor.
Isaiah 1:23
Your princes [are] rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend [the] orphan and [the] legal dispute of [the] widow does not come before them.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says [the] high and lofty one who resides forever, and [whose] name [is] holy: "I reside [in] a high and holy place, and with [the] {contrite} and humble of spirit, to revive [the] spirit of [the] humble, and to revive [the] heart of [the] {contrite}.
Isaiah 66:1
Thus says Yahweh: "Heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] the footstool for my feet. Where [is] this house that you would build for me? And where [is] this resting place for me?
Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat, they have grown sleek, also, {their evil deeds have no limit}. They do not judge [with] justice, [the] legal cause of [the] orphan, or allow it to succeed, and [the] legal case of [the] poor, they do not defend.
Jeremiah 49:11
Leave your orphans. I will let [them] live. And your widows, let them trust in me."
Hosea 14:3
Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses, and we will say no more, "Our God," to the work of our hands because in you [the] fatherless child finds mercy.
Luke 18:2-7
saying, "There was a certain judge in a certain town who did not fear God and did not respect people.
Acts 7:48-49
But the Most High does not live in [houses] made by human hands, just as the prophet says,
Ephesians 5:1
Therefore become imitators of God, as beloved children,