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The LORD Is on My Side

Psalms 118:20

In 11 translations

BSB
This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
KJV
This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
WEB
This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it.
ASV
This is the gate of Jehovah; The righteous shall enter into it.
LSV
This [is] the gate to YHWH, || The righteous enter into it.
YLT
This [is] the gate to Jehovah, The righteous enter into it.
DBY
This is the gate of Jehovah: the righteous shall enter therein.
DRC117:20
This is the gate of the Lord, the just shall enter into it.
GNV
This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter into it.
JPS
This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter into it.
LXXE117:20
This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter by it.

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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
זֶֽה־הַשַּׁ֥עַר לַיהוָ֑ה צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים יָבֹ֥אוּ בֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br117:20
Αὕτη ἡ πύλη τοῦ Κυρίου, δίκαιοι εἰσελεύσονται ἐν αὐτῇ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 21:24–27By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory. Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there. And into the city will be brought…
  • Isaiah 26:2Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter— one that remains faithful.
  • Psalms 24:7Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
  • Revelation 22:14–15Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates. But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the…
  • Isaiah 35:8–10And 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. No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it.…
  • Psalms 24:3–4Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
  • Psalms 24:9Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!

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