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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Psalms 119:151

In 11 translations

BSB
You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
KJV
Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
WEB
You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.
ASV
Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth.
LSV
You [are] near, O YHWH, || And all Your commands [are] truth.
YLT
Near [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands [are] truth.
DBY
Thou, Jehovah, art near, and all thy commandments are truth.
DRC118:151
Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.
GNV
Thou art neere, O Lord: for all thy commandements are true.
JPS
Thou art nigh, O LORD; and all Thy commandments are truth.
LXXE118:151
Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy ways are truth.Alex. ἐντολαί, commands.

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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
קָר֣וֹב אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֑ה וְֽכָל־מִצְוֺתֶ֥יךָ אֱמֶֽת׃
LXX-Br118:151
Ἐγγὺς εἶ Κύριε, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ὁδοί σου ἀλήθεια.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 145:18The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
  • Psalms 119:142Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
  • Psalms 34:18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
  • Psalms 139:2You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
  • 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 75:1We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
  • Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
  • Deuteronomy 4:7For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
  • Psalms 119:138The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.

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