Psalms 16:6

In 11 translations

BSB

The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.

KJV

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

WEB

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.

ASV

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage.

LSV

Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, || Indeed, a beautiful inheritance [is] for me.

YLT

Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance [is] for me.

DBY

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

DRC15:6

The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance is goodly to me.

GNV

The lines are fallen vnto me in pleasant places: yea, I haue a faire heritage.

JPS

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

LXXE15:6

The lines have fallen to me in the best places, yea, I have a most excellent heritage.

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Original-language editions

WLC

חֲבָלִ֣ים נָֽפְלוּ־לִ֭י בַּנְּעִמִ֑ים אַף־נַ֝חֲלָ֗ת שָֽׁפְרָ֥ה עָלָֽי׃

LXX-Br15:6

Σχοινία ἐπέπεσάν μοι ἐν τοῖς κρατίστοις, καὶ γὰρ ἡ κληρονομία μου κρατίστη μοι ἐστίν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 3:19Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
• Psalms 78:55He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
• Psalms 21:1–3O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation! You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah For You welcomed him with rich blessings;…
• Ephesians 1:18I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
• Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• 1 Corinthians 3:21–23Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ…
• Romans 8:17And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
• Revelation 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
• Philippians 2:9–11Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus…
• 2 Timothy 2:12if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
• John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
• Amos 7:17Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on…

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