Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky.
New American Standard Bible
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
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.
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,
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 85:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Restoration Of Favor
10 Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. 11 Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky. 12 Yes, the Lord will bestow his good blessings, and our land will yield its crops.
Cross References
Isaiah 45:8
O sky, rain down from above! Let the clouds send down showers of deliverance! Let the earth absorb it so salvation may grow, and deliverance may sprout up along with it. I, the Lord, create it.
Isaiah 4:2
At that time the crops given by the Lord will bring admiration and honor; the produce of the land will be a source of pride and delight to those who remain in Israel.
Isaiah 42:21
The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it.
Isaiah 53:2
He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him.
Matthew 3:17
And a voice from heaven said, "This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight."
Matthew 17:5
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!"
Luke 2:14
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!"
John 14:6
Jesus replied, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
2 Corinthians 5:21
God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
1 John 5:20-21
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.