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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Psalms 119:56

In 11 translations

BSB
This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.
KJV
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
WEB
This is my way, that I keep your precepts.
ASV
This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.
LSV
This has been to me, || That I have kept Your precepts!
YLT
This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
DBY
This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts.
DRC118:56
This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.
GNV
This I had because I kept thy precepts.
JPS
This I have had, that I have kept Thy precepts.
LXXE118:56
This I had, because I diligently sought thine ordinances.

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Original-language editions

WLC
זֹ֥את הָֽיְתָה־לִּ֑י כִּ֖י פִקֻּדֶ֣יךָ נָצָֽרְתִּי׃
LXX-Br118:56
Αὕτη ἐγενήθη μοι, ὅτι τὰ δικαιώματά σου ἐξεζήτησα.

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 119:165Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.
  • 1 John 3:19–24And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence: Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things. Beloved, if our hearts do not…
  • Psalms 18:18–22They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support. He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me. The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me…

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

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