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The Selfishness of the Unfriendly

Proverbs 18:10

In 11 translations

BSB
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.Or to Him
KJV
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.safe: Heb. set aloft
WEB
Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
ASV
The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
LSV
The Name of YHWH [is] a tower of strength, || The righteous runs into it, and is set on high.
YLT
A tower of strength [is] the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.
DBY
The name of Jehovah is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
DRC
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted.
GNV
The Name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth vnto it, and is exalted.
JPS
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is set up on high.
LXXE
The name of the Lord is of great strength; and the righteous running to it are exalted.Gr. having run.

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Original-language editions

WLC
מִגְדַּל־עֹ֭ז שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה בּֽוֹ־יָר֖וּץ צַדִּ֣יק וְנִשְׂגָּֽב׃
LXX-Br
Ἐκ μεγαλωσύνης ἰσχύος ὄνομα Κυρίου, αὐτῷ δὲ προσδραμόντες δίκαιοι ὑψοῦνται.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Samuel 22:3My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
  • Isaiah 26:4Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
  • Psalms 91:2I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
  • Psalms 144:2He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
  • Psalms 61:3–4For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy. Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
  • Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
  • Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
  • Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
  • Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
  • Matthew 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
  • Psalms 56:3–4When I am afraid, I put my trust in You. In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
  • Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • 1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
  • Psalms 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
  • Jeremiah 23:6In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
  • 2 Samuel 22:45–47Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me. Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds. The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—

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