Psalms 119:98

In 11 translations

BSB

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.

KJV

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.they…: Heb. it is ever with me

WEB

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.

ASV

Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.

LSV

Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, || For it [is] before me for all time.

YLT

Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age.

DBY

Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.

DRC118:98

Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.

GNV

By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.

JPS

Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

LXXE118:98

Thou hast made me wiser than mine enemies in thy commandment; for it is mine for ever.

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Original-language editions

WLC

מֵ֭אֹ֣יְבַי תְּחַכְּמֵ֣נִי מִצְוֺתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם הִיא־לִֽי׃

LXX-Br118:98

Ὑπὲρ τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου ἐσόφισάς με τὴν ἐντολήν σου, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐμή ἐστιν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 2:6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
• Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
• James 1:25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
• Psalms 119:104–105I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
• Psalms 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
• Deuteronomy 4:6Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
• Deuteronomy 4:8And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
• Psalms 119:30I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
• 1 Samuel 18:14and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
• 1 Samuel 18:5So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
• 1 Samuel 18:30Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.

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