Psalms 119:144

In 11 translations

BSB

Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

KJV

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

WEB

Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

ASV

Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.

LSV

The righteousness of Your testimonies || [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live!

YLT

The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live!

DBY

The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.

DRC118:144

Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.

GNV

The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.

JPS

Thy testimonies are righteous for ever; give me understanding, and I shall live.

LXXE118:144

Thy testimonies are an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live.

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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

צֶ֖דֶק עֵדְוֺתֶ֥יךָ לְעוֹלָ֗ם הֲבִינֵ֥נִי וְאֶחְיֶֽה׃

LXX-Br118:144

Δικαιοσύνη τὰ μαρτύριά σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· συνέτισόν με, καὶ ζήσομαι.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Peter 1:23–25For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers…
• Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
• Psalms 119:169May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
• Daniel 12:10Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
• 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• 1 John 5:20–21And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Little children,…
• Isaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
• Psalms 119:73Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
• Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
• Psalms 119:66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
• Psalms 119:152Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
• Isaiah 6:9–10And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise…
• Matthew 5:18For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
• Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
• Psalms 119:138The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
• Psalms 19:9The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.

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