Psalms 16:3

In 11 translations

BSB

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.

KJV

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

WEB

As for the saints who are on the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

ASV

As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

LSV

For the holy ones who [are] in the land, || And the honorable, all my delight [is] in them.

YLT

For the holy ones who [are] in the land, And the honourable, all my delight [is] in them.

DBY

To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent [thou hast said], In them is all my delight.

DRC15:3

To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my desires in them.

GNV

But to the Saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent: all my delite is in them.

JPS

As for the holy that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

LXXE15:3

On behalf of the saints that are in his land, he has magnified all his pleasure in them.

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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

לִ֭קְדוֹשִׁים אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָ֣רֶץ הֵ֑מָּה וְ֝אַדִּירֵ֗י כָּל־חֶפְצִי־בָֽם׃

LXX-Br15:3

Τοῖς ἁγίοις τοῖς ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτοῦ, ἐθαυμάστωσε πάντα τὰ θελήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτοῖς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
• Proverbs 12:26A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
• Hebrews 6:10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
• 2 Chronicles 6:41Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.
• Malachi 3:17“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
• Acts 9:13But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
• Proverbs 8:31I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.
• Psalms 101:6My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.
• Song of Songs 4:1–7How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead. Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming…
• Psalms 116:15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.
• Isaiah 62:4No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.
• Ephesians 5:25–27Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to Himself as a glorious church,…
• 1 John 3:14–17We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in…
• Psalms 30:4Sing to the LORD, O you His saints, and praise His holy name.
• Psalms 119:63I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
• Titus 3:8This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for the people.

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