Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The strength of the King loves justice;
You have established equity;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

King James Version

The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

Holman Bible

The mighty King loves justice.
You have established fairness;
You have administered justice
and righteousness in Jacob.

International Standard Version

A mighty king who loves justice, you have established fairness. You have exercised justice and righteousness over Jacob.

A Conservative Version

The king's strength also loves justice. Thou establish equity. Thou execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

American Standard Version

The king's strength also loveth justice; Thou dost establish equity; Thou executest justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Amplified


The strength of the King loves justice and righteous judgment;
You have established fairness;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob (Israel).

Bible in Basic English

The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

Darby Translation

And the strength of the king that loveth justice. Thou hast established equity: it is thou that executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

Julia Smith Translation

And the king's strength loved judgment; thou didst prepare uprightnesses, thou didst judgment and justice in Jacob.

King James 2000

The king's strength also loves justice; you do establish equity, you execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And [the] strength of [the] king loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Modern King James verseion

The king's strength also loved judgment; You established uprightness; You worked judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The king's power loveth judgment. Thou hast prepared equity; thou hast executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

NET Bible

The king is strong; he loves justice. You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; you promote justice and equity in Jacob.

New Heart English Bible

The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

The Emphasized Bible

Yea, with the strength of a king - justice, he loveth, - Thou, hast established equity, Justice and righteousness in Jacob, thou, hast wrought.

Webster

The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

World English Bible

The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the strength of the king Hath loved judgment, Thou -- Thou hast established uprightness; Judgment and righteousness in Jacob, Thou -- Thou hast done.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The king's
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

עוז עז 
`oz 
Usage: 55

אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

Context Readings

Yahweh Is A Holy King

3 Let them praise Your great and awesome name;
Holy is He.
4 The strength of the King loves justice;
You have established equity;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt the Lord our God
And worship at His footstool;
Holy is He.


Cross References

Psalm 11:7

For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness;
The upright will behold His face.

Job 36:5-7

“Behold, God is mighty but does not despise any;
He is mighty in strength of understanding.

Jeremiah 23:5

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch;
And He will reign as king and act wisely
And do justice and righteousness in the land.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 32:3-4

For I proclaim the name of the Lord;
Ascribe greatness to our God!

2 Samuel 23:3-4

“The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me,
He who rules over men righteously,
Who rules in the fear of God,

Job 37:23

“The Almighty—we cannot find Him;
He is exalted in power
And He will not do violence to justice and abundant righteousness.

Psalm 45:6-7

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

Psalm 72:1-2

A Psalm of Solomon.
Give the king Your judgments, O God,
And Your righteousness to the king’s son.

Psalm 98:9

Before the Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth;
He will judge the world with righteousness
And the peoples with equity.

Isaiah 9:7

There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,
On the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.

Isaiah 11:3-5

And He will delight in the fear of the Lord,
And He will not judge by what His eyes see,
Nor make a decision by what His ears hear;

Isaiah 42:4

“He will not be disheartened or crushed
Until He has established justice in the earth;
And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.”

Isaiah 61:11

For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,
And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up,
So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
To spring up before all the nations.

Jude 1:15

to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”

Revelation 19:11

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.

Revelation 19:16

And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

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