The Earth Is the LORD’s
Psalms 24:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. SelahLXX, Syriac, and two Hebrew manuscripts; MT who seek your face, O Jacob
- KJV
- This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.O Jacob: or, O God of Jacob
- WEB
- This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face—even Jacob. Selah.
- ASV
- This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, even Jacob. [Selah
- LSV
- This [is] a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Your face, O Jacob! Selah.
- YLT
- This [is] a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Thy face, O Jacob! Selah.
- DBY
- This is the generation of them that seek unto him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
- DRC23:6
- This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.
- GNV
- This is the generation of them that seeke him, of them that seeke thy face, this is Iaakob. Selah.
- JPS
- Such is the generation of them that seek after Him, that seek Thy face, even Jacob. Selah
- LXXE23:6
- This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek the face of the God of Jacob. Pause.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads דֹּרְשָׁ֑ו; read aloud (Qere) reads דֹּרְשָׁ֑יו (“[those who] seek him”).
- Written (Ketiv): דֹּרְשׁוֹ. Read aloud (Qere): דֹּרְשָׁ֑יו (“[those who] seek him”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- זֶ֭ה דּ֣וֹר דרשו מְבַקְשֵׁ֨י פָנֶ֖יךָ יַעֲקֹ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃Read aloud as (qere): דֹּרְשָׁ֑יו
- LXX-Br23:6
- Αὕτη ἡ γενεὰ ζητούντων αὐτὸν, ζητούντων τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἰακώβ. διάψαλμα.
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DavidAmerican Revised VersionPenitentFaceReadings, SelectDesireArk of the CovenantSeeking GodSeekersWorship
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 105:4Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
- Psalms 27:8My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
- Psalms 22:30Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
- Romans 4:16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the…
- John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
- Psalms 73:15If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
- 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Isaiah 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 23:6 in some Bibles
- 24:6 in most Bibles