Parallel Verses

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.

Holman Bible

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

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 deliver your turtledove (endeared) to wild beasts. Do not forget the life of your poor forever. 20 Consider the covenant;
For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
21 Do not let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

Cross References

Psalm 106:45

He remembered his promise to them. In keeping with his rich mercy, he changed his plans.

Genesis 17:7-8

I will establish my covenant as a long lasting covenant between us. It will be for your descendants after you, for the generations to come. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Genesis 49:5-7

Simeon and Levi are brothers. They use their weapons to commit violence.

Exodus 24:6-8

Moses took half of the blood of the animals and put it in bowls. The other half he threw against the altar.

Leviticus 26:40-45

However if they confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors and the treacherous things they did to oppose me,

Deuteronomy 9:27

Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or their sin.

Deuteronomy 12:31

Do not behave this way toward Jehovah your God, for every abominable act Jehovah hates they have done for their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

2 Samuel 23:5

That is how God will bless my descendants. He made an eternal covenant with me. It is an agreement that will not be broken, a promise that will not be changed. That is all I desire. That will be my victory, and God will surely bring it about.

Psalm 5:8

O Jehovah, lead me in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight in my presence.

Psalm 89:28

I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.

Psalm 89:34-36

I will not dishonor my promise or alter my own agreement.

Psalm 89:39

You have refused to recognize the covenant to your servant and have thrown his crown into the dirt.

Psalm 105:8

He has remembered his covenant forever! It is the word he commanded to a thousand generations.

Jeremiah 33:20-26

If you break my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,

Luke 1:72-75

He shows mercy towards our fathers and remembers his holy covenant.

Romans 1:29-31

They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,

Ephesians 4:17-18

This I say therefore, and testify (affirm) in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the nations also walk, in the vanity (futility) (depravity) of their mind (thinking).

Hebrews 8:10

This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,' said Jehovah: 'I will put my teachings (laws) in their mind, I will write them upon their hearts (deep thought) (understanding). I will be their God, and they will be my people. (Jeremiah 31:32)

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