Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet
Psalms 119:71
In 11 translations
- BSB
- It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
- KJV
- It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
- WEB
- It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
- ASV
- It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.
- LSV
- [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted, || That I might learn Your statutes.
- YLT
- Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
- DBY
- It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.
- DRC118:71
- It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.
- GNV
- It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.
- JPS
- It is good for me that I have been afflicted, in order that I might learn Thy statutes.
- LXXE118:71
- It is good for me that thou hast afflicted me; that I might learn thine ordinances.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- טֽוֹב־לִ֥י כִֽי־עֻנֵּ֑יתִי לְ֝מַ֗עַן אֶלְמַ֥ד חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃
- LXX-Br118:71
- Ἀγαθόν μοι ὅτι ἐταπείνωσάς με, ὅπως ἂν μάθω τὰ δικαιώματά σου.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Hebrews 12:10–11Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness. No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it…
- Psalms 119:67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
- 1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
- Psalms 94:12–13Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law, to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
- Isaiah 27:9Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 118:71 in some Bibles
- 119:71 in most Bibles