Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Truth springs from the earth,
And righteousness looks down from heaven.

King James Version

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Holman Bible

Truth will spring up from the earth,
and righteousness will look down from heaven.

International Standard Version

Truth sprouts up from the ground, while righteousness looks down from the sky.

A Conservative Version

Truth springs out of the earth, and righteousness has looked down from heaven.

American Standard Version

Truth springeth out of the earth; And righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

Amplified


Truth springs from the earth,
And righteousness looks down from heaven.

Bible in Basic English

Faith comes up from the earth like a plant; righteousness is looking down from heaven.

Darby Translation

Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from the heavens.

Julia Smith Translation

Truth will spring up from the earth, and justice looked forth from the heavens.

King James 2000

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Faithfulness will sprout from [the] ground, and righteousness will look down from heaven.

Modern King James verseion

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from Heaven.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Truth shall flourish out of the earth, and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

NET Bible

Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky.

New Heart English Bible

Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.

The Emphasized Bible

Faithfulness, out of the earth, doth spring forth, And, righteousness, out of the heavens, hath looked down.

Webster

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

World English Bible

Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.

Youngs Literal Translation

Truth from the earth springeth up, And righteousness from heaven looketh out,

Verse Info

Context Readings

Restoration Of Favor

10 Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other. 11 Truth springs from the earth,
And righteousness looks down from heaven.
12 Yes, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.

Cross References

Isaiah 45:8

"Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to sprout; I the LORD have created it.

Isaiah 4:2

In that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel.

Isaiah 42:21

The LORD was pleased, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious.

Isaiah 53:2

For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.

Matthew 3:17

and behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

Matthew 17:5

He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him."

Luke 2:14

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!"

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

2 Corinthians 5:21

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

1 John 5:20-21

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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