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After the Battle

Psalms 21:2

In 11 translations

BSB
You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
KJV
Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
WEB
You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
ASV
Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. [Selah
LSV
You gave the desire of his heart to him, || And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
YLT
The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah.
DBY
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
DRC20:3
Thou hast given him his heart’s desire: and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.
GNV
Thou hast giuen him his hearts desire, and hast not denyed him the request of his lips. Selah.
JPS21:3
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and the request of his lips Thou hast not withholden. Selah
LXXE20:3
Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul, and hast not withheld from him the request of his lips. Pause.

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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

WLC21:3
תַּאֲוַ֣ת לִ֭בּוֹ נָתַ֣תָּה לּ֑וֹ וַאֲרֶ֥שֶׁת שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו בַּל־מָנַ֥עְתָּ סֶּֽלָה׃KJV:Ps.21.2
LXX-Br20:3
Τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ ἔδωκας αὐτῷ, καὶ τὴν δέησιν τῶν χειλέων αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐστέρησας αὐτόν· διάψαλμα.

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 37:4Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
  • Psalms 20:4–5May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed. May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.
  • Psalms 2:8–9Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession. You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
  • Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
  • Isaiah 49:6–12He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the…
  • Psalms 92:11My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.

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

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 21:3 in some Bibles
  • 21:2 in most Bibles

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