Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
A mighty king who loves justice, you have established fairness. You have exercised justice and righteousness over Jacob.
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.
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.
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 praise your great and awesome name. He is holy! 4 A mighty king who loves justice, you have established fairness. You have exercised justice and righteousness over Jacob. 5 Exalt the LORD our God; worship and bow down at his footstool; He is holy!
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 11:7
Indeed, the LORD is righteous; he loves righteousness; the upright will see him face-to-face. To the Director: On an eight stringed harp. A Davidic Psalm.
Job 36:5-7
"Indeed God is mighty and he doesn't show disrespect; he is mighty and strong of heart.
Jeremiah 23:5
"The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I'll raise up a righteous branch for David. He will be a king who rules wisely, and he will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
Deuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the orphan and the widows, loves the foreigner, and gives them food and clothing."
Deuteronomy 32:3-4
For I'll proclaim the name of our LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!
2 Samuel 23:3-4
The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has talked to me. "When one is governing men justly, he fears God while governing.
Job 37:23
We cannot find the Almighty he is majestic in power and justice, and overflowing with righteousness; he never oppresses.
Psalm 45:6-7
Your throne, God, exists forever and ever, and the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter.
Psalm 72:1-2
God, endow the king with ability to render your justice, and the king's son to render your right decisions.
Psalm 98:9
in the LORD's presence, who comes to judge the earth; He'll judge the world righteously; and its people fairly.
Isaiah 9:7
Of the growth of his government and peace there will be no end. He will rule over his kingdom, sitting on the throne of David, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will accomplish this.
Isaiah 11:3-5
His delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He won't judge by what his eyes see, nor decide disputes by what his ears hear,
Isaiah 42:4
And he won't grow faint or be crushed until he establishes justice on the mainland, and the coastlands take ownership of his Law."
Isaiah 61:11
For just as the soil brings forth its shoots, and as a garden makes what is sown within it spring up, so the LORD God will make righteousness and praise spring up before all the nations for Zion's sake."
Jude 1:15
15He will judge all people and convict everyone of all the ungodly things that they have done in such an ungodly way, including all the harsh things that these ungodly sinners have said about him."
Revelation 19:11
Then I saw heaven standing open, and there was a white horse! Its rider is named Faithful and True. He administers justice and wages war righteously.
Revelation 19:16
On his robe that covers his thigh he has a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS