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To You I Lift Up My Soul

Psalms 25:12

In 11 translations

BSB
Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
KJV
What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
WEB
What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.
ASV
What man is he that feareth Jehovah? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.
LSV
Who [is] this—the man fearing YHWH? He directs him in the way He chooses.
YLT
Who [is] this — the man fearing Jehovah? He directeth him in the way He doth choose.
DBY
What man is he that feareth Jehovah? him will he instruct in the way [that] he should choose.
DRC24:12
Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He hath appointed him a law in the way he hath chosen.
GNV
What man is he that feareth the Lord? him wil he teache the way that hee shall chuse.
JPS
What man is he that feareth the LORD? him will He instruct in the way that He should choose.
LXXE24:12
Who is the man that fears the Lord? he shall instruct him in the way which he has chosen.

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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
מִי־זֶ֣ה הָ֭אִישׁ יְרֵ֣א יְהוָ֑ה י֝וֹרֶ֗נּוּ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יִבְחָֽר׃
LXX-Br24:12
Τίς ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὁ φοβούμενος τὸν Κύριον; νομοθετήσει αὐτῷ ἐν ὁδῷ, ᾗ ᾑρετίσατο.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 37:23The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
  • Psalms 32:8I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
  • John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
  • Psalms 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
  • Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
  • Ecclesiastes 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
  • John 8:31–32So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
  • John 3:20–21Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has…
  • Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
  • Proverbs 15:33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
  • Proverbs 16:6By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.
  • Acts 10:22“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he…
  • Isaiah 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they…
  • Proverbs 2:5then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
  • Acts 13:26Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.

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  • 24:12 in some Bibles
  • 25:12 in most Bibles

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