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A Song of Salvation

Isaiah 26:7

In 11 translations

BSB
The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
KJV
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
WEB
The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
ASV
The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.
LSV
The path for the righteous [is] uprightness, || O upright One, || You ponder the path of the righteous.
YLT
The path for the righteous [is] uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.
DBY
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even.
DRC
The way of the just is right, the path of the just is right to walk in.
GNV
The way of the iust is righteousnesse: thou wilt make equall the righteous path of the iust.
JPS
The way of the just is straight; Thou, Most Upright, makest plain the path of the just.
LXXE
The way of the godly is made straight: the way of the godly is also prepared.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אֹ֥רַח לַצַּדִּ֖יק מֵֽישָׁרִ֑ים יָשָׁ֕ר מַעְגַּ֥ל צַדִּ֖יק תְּפַלֵּֽס׃
LXX-Br
Ὁδὸς εὐσεβῶν εὐθεῖα ἐγένετο, ἡ ὁδὸς τῶν εὐσεβῶν καὶ παρεσκευασμένη.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ephesians 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
  • Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not…
  • 2 Corinthians 1:12And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace…
  • 1 John 3:10By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
  • 1 John 3:7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
  • Proverbs 20:7The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
  • Psalms 11:7For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
  • Job 27:5–6I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die. I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
  • 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise…
  • 1 Chronicles 29:17I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly…
  • Psalms 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
  • 1 Samuel 2:2–4There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God. Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him…
  • Isaiah 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
  • Job 31:6let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
  • Psalms 18:23–26And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity. So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight. To the faithful You show Yourself…
  • Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

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