Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Consider the covenant,
for the dark places of the land are full of violence.

New American Standard Bible

Consider the covenant;
For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

King James Version

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

International Standard Version

Pay attention to your covenant, for the dark regions of the earth are full of violence.

A Conservative Version

Have respect to the covenant, for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

American Standard Version

Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

Amplified


Consider the covenant [You made with Abraham],
For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

Bible in Basic English

Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.

Darby Translation

Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.

Julia Smith Translation

Look to thy covenant: for the dark places of the earth were filled with habitations of violence.

King James 2000

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Have regard for the covenant, because [the] dark places of [the] land are full of [the] haunts of violence.

Modern King James verseion

Look to the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the houses of evil.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Look upon the covenant, for the dark houses of the earth are full of wickedness.

NET Bible

Remember your covenant promises, for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules.

New Heart English Bible

Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

The Emphasized Bible

Have respect to thy covenant, For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

Webster

Have respect to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

World English Bible

Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

Youngs Literal Translation

Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Prayer For Israel

19 Do not give the life of Your dove to beasts;
do not forget the lives of Your poor people forever.
20 Consider the covenant,
for the dark places of the land are full of violence.
21 Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;
let the poor and needy praise Your name.


Cross References

Psalm 106:45

remembered His covenant with them,
and relented according to the riches
of His faithful love.

Genesis 17:7-8

I will keep My covenant between Me and you, and your future offspring throughout their generations, as an everlasting covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.

Genesis 49:5-7

Simeon and Levi are brothers;
their knives are vicious weapons.

Exodus 24:6-8

Moses took half the blood and set it in basins; the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

Leviticus 26:40-45

“But if they will confess their sin and the sin of their fathers—their unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, and how they acted with hostility toward Me,

Deuteronomy 9:27

Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Disregard this people’s stubbornness, and their wickedness and sin.

Deuteronomy 12:31

You must not do the same to the Lord your God, because they practice every detestable thing, which the Lord hates, for their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

2 Samuel 23:5

Is it not true my house is with God?
For He has established an everlasting covenant with me,
ordered and secured in every detail.
Will He not bring about
my whole salvation and my every desire?

Psalm 5:8

Lord, lead me in Your righteousness
because of my adversaries;
make Your way straight before me.

Psalm 89:28

I will always preserve My faithful love for him,
and My covenant with him will endure.

Psalm 89:34-36

I will not violate My covenant
or change what My lips have said.

Psalm 89:39

You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant;
You have completely dishonored his crown.

Psalm 105:8

He remembers His covenant forever,
the promise He ordained
for a thousand generations

Jeremiah 33:20-26

“This is what the Lord says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night so that day and night cease to come at their regular time,

Luke 1:72-75

He has dealt mercifully with our fathers
and remembered His holy covenant

Romans 1:29-31

They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

Ephesians 4:17-18

Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts.

Hebrews 8:10

But this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be My people.

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