Parallel Verses
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 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.
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.
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 The king is strong; he loves justice. You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; you promote justice and equity in Jacob. 5 Praise the Lord our God! Worship before his footstool! He is holy!
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 11:7
Certainly the Lord is just; he rewards godly deeds; the upright will experience his favor.
Job 36:5-7
Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent.
Jeremiah 23:5
"I, the Lord, promise that a new time will certainly come when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David. He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding and will do what is just and right in the land.
Deuteronomy 10:18
who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.
Deuteronomy 32:3-4
For I will proclaim the name of the Lord; you must acknowledge the greatness of our God.
2 Samuel 23:3-4
The God of Israel spoke, the protector of Israel spoke to me. The one who rules fairly among men, the one who rules in the fear of God,
Job 37:23
As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him! He is great in power, but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.
Psalm 45:6-7
Your throne, O God, is permanent. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.
Psalm 72:1-2
For Solomon. O God, grant the king the ability to make just decisions! Grant the king's son the ability to make fair decisions!
Psalm 98:9
before the Lord! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in a just manner.
Isaiah 9:7
His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David's throne and over David's kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The Lord's intense devotion to his people will accomplish this.
Isaiah 11:3-5
He will take delight in obeying the Lord. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.
Isaiah 42:4
He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees."
Isaiah 61:11
For just as the ground produces its crops and a garden yields its produce, so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance to grow, and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations.
Jude 1:15
to execute judgment on all, and to convict every person of all their thoroughly ungodly deeds that they have committed, and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against him."
Revelation 19:11
Then I saw heaven opened and here came a white horse! The one riding it was called "Faithful" and "True," and with justice he judges and goes to war.
Revelation 19:16
He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh: "King of kings and Lord of lords."