Psalms 16:2

In 11 translations

BSB

I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”

KJV

O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;

WEB

My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”

ASV

O my soul, thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my Lord: I have no good beyond thee.

LSV

You have said to YHWH, “You [are] my Lord”; My goodness [is] not above You;

YLT

Thou hast said to Jehovah, 'My Lord Thou [art];' My good [is] not for thine own sake;

DBY

Thou [my soul] hast said to Jehovah, Thou art the Lord: my goodness [extendeth] not to thee; —

DRC15:2

I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods.

GNV

O my soule, thou hast sayd vnto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my weldoing extendeth not to thee,

JPS

I have said unto the LORD: 'Thou art my Lord; I have no good but in Thee';

LXXE15:2

I said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord; for thou hast no need of my goodness.Gr. good deeds, or things.

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WLC

אָמַ֣רְתְּ לַֽ֭יהוָה אֲדֹנָ֣י אָ֑תָּה ט֝וֹבָתִ֗י בַּל־עָלֶֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br15:2

Εἶπα τῷ Κυρίῳ, Κύριός μου εἶ σὺ, ὅτι τῶν ἀγαθῶν μου οὐ χρείαν ἔχεις.

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• Psalms 73:25Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
• Psalms 31:14But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
• Psalms 89:26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
• Job 22:2–3“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him? Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
• Psalms 8:1O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
• John 20:28Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”
• Psalms 27:8My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
• Psalms 91:2I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
• Isaiah 26:13O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion, but Your name alone do we confess.
• Romans 11:35“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”
• Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our…
• Luke 17:10So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
• Isaiah 44:5One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
• Job 35:7–8If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand? Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
• Psalms 50:9–10I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.

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