Parallel Verses
Amplified
The strength of the King loves justice and righteous judgment;
You have established fairness;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob (Israel).
New American Standard Bible
You have established
You have
King James Version
The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Holman Bible
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.
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.
Topics
Interlinear
Mishpat
משׁפּט
Mishpat
judgment, manner, right, cause, ordinance, lawful, order, worthy, fashion, custom, discretion, law, measure, sentence,
Usage: 421
Kuwn
meyshar
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 99:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Is A Holy King
3
Let them [reverently] praise Your great and awesome name;
Holy is He.
The strength of the King loves justice and righteous judgment;
You have established fairness;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob (Israel).
Exalt the Lord our God
And worship at His footstool;
Holy is He.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 11:7
For the Lord is [absolutely] righteous, He loves righteousness (virtue, morality, justice);
The upright shall see His face.
Job 36:5-7
“Behold, God is mighty, and yet does not despise anyone [nor regard any as trivial];
He is mighty in the strength and power of understanding.
Jeremiah 23:5
“Behold (listen closely), the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch;
And He will reign as King and act wisely
And will do [those things that accomplish] justice and righteousness in the land.
Deuteronomy 10:18
He
Deuteronomy 32:3-4
“For I proclaim the name [and presence] of the Lord;
Ascribe greatness and honor to our God!
2 Samuel 23:3-4
“The God of Israel,
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 [nor disregard] justice and abundant righteousness.
Psalm 45:6-7
The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Psalm 72:1-2
And [the spirit of] Your righteousness to the king’s son [to guide all his ways].
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 fairness.
Isaiah 9:7
There shall be no end to the increase of His government and of peace,
[He shall rule] on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From that time forward 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 decisions by what His ears hear;
Isaiah 42:4
“He will not be disheartened or crushed [in spirit];
[He will persevere] until He has established justice on 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 what is sown in it to spring up,
So the Lord God will [most certainly] cause righteousness and justice and praise
To spring up before all the nations [through the power of His word].
Jude 1:15
to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the
Revelation 19:11
And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who was riding it is called Faithful and True (trustworthy, loyal, incorruptible, steady), and in righteousness He judges and wages war [on the rebellious nations].
Revelation 19:16
And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name inscribed, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”