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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Psalms 119:138

In 11 translations

BSB
The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
KJV
Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.righteous: Heb. righteousnessfaithful: Heb. faithfulness
WEB
You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
ASV
Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.
LSV
You have appointed Your testimonies, || Righteous and exceedingly faithful,
YLT
Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful,
DBY
Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.
DRC118:138
Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.
GNV
Thou hast commanded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.
JPS
Thou hast commanded Thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.
LXXE118:138
Thou hast commanded righteousness and perfect truth, as thy testimonies.

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Original-language editions

WLC
צִ֭וִּיתָ צֶ֣דֶק עֵדֹתֶ֑יךָ וֶֽאֱמוּנָ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃
LXX-Br118:138
Ἐνετείλω δικαιοσύνην τὰ μαρτύριά σου, καὶ ἀλήθειαν σφόδρα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 19:7–9The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are…
  • Psalms 119:144Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
  • Psalms 119:86All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
  • Deuteronomy 4:45These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
  • Deuteronomy 4:8And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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