Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Mercy and truth are met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

New American Standard Bible

Lovingkindness and truth have met together;
Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

King James Version

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Holman Bible

Faithful love and truth will join together;
righteousness and peace will embrace.

International Standard Version

Gracious love and truth meet; righteousness and peace kiss.

American Standard Version

Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Amplified


Steadfast love and truth and faithfulness meet together;
Righteousness and peace kiss each other.

Bible in Basic English

Mercy and faith have come together; righteousness and peace have given one another a kiss.

Darby Translation

Loving-kindness and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other:

Julia Smith Translation

Mercy and truth met together; justice and peace kissed.

King James 2000

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Loyal love and faithfulness will meet one another; righteousness and peace will kiss.

Modern King James verseion

Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

NET Bible

Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss.

New Heart English Bible

Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

The Emphasized Bible

Lovingkindness and faithfulness, have met together, Righteousness and prosperity, have kissed each other;

Webster

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

World English Bible

Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Youngs Literal Translation

Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 85:10

References

American

Easton

Images Psalm 85:10

Prayers for Psalm 85:10

Context Readings

Restoration Of Favor

9 Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. 10 Mercy and truth are met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth springs out of the earth, and righteousness has looked down from heaven.

Cross References

Psalm 72:3

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, in righteousness.

Psalm 89:14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne. Loving kindness and truth go before thy face.

Exodus 34:6-7

And LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, LORD, LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,

Psalm 100:5

For LORD is good. His loving kindness [is] forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Proverbs 3:3

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee. Bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart,

Isaiah 32:16-18

Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.

Isaiah 45:24

Only in LORD, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength. Even to him men shall come, and all those who were incensed against him shall be put to shame.

Jeremiah 23:5-6

Behold, the days come, says LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

Micah 7:20

Thou will perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the loving kindness to Abraham, which thou have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

Luke 1:54-55

He helped his boy Israel to be reminded of mercy,

Luke 2:14

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill among men.

John 1:17

Because the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ.

Romans 3:25-26

whom God set forth an expiatory sacrifice through faith in his blood, for proof of his justice, because of the passing over of the sins that have formerly occurred

Romans 5:1

Therefore having been made righteous from faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Romans 5:21

so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign, through righteousness, for eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Hebrews 7:2

To whom also Abraham divided a tenth of all. Being actually translated, first, king of righteousness, and then also, king of Salem, which is king of peace,

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