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The Day of Trouble

Psalms 20:4

In 11 translations

BSB
May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
KJV
Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
WEB
May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.
ASV
Grant thee thy heart’s desire, And fulfil all thy counsel.
LSV
He gives to you according to your heart, || And fulfills all your counsel.
YLT
He doth give to thee according to thy heart, And all thy counsel doth fulfil.
DBY
Grant thee according to thy heart, and fulfil all thy counsels.
DRC19:5
May he give thee according to thy own heart; and confirm all thy counsels.
GNV
And graunt thee according to thine heart, and fulfill all thy purpose:
JPS20:5
Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
LXXE19:5
Grant thee according to thy heart, and fulfil all thy desire.

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Original-language editions

WLC20:5
יִֽתֶּן־לְךָ֥ כִלְבָבֶ֑ךָ וְֽכָל־עֲצָתְךָ֥ יְמַלֵּֽא׃KJV:Ps.20.4
LXX-Br19:5
Δῴη σοι κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν σου, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν βουλήν σου πληρώσαι.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
  • Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
  • Matthew 21:22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
  • Psalms 21:2You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
  • John 16:23In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
  • Romans 8:27–28And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him,…
  • Proverbs 11:23The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
  • 1 John 5:14–15And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.
  • John 11:42I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 20:5 in some Bibles
  • 20:4 in most Bibles

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