Psalms 27:8

In 11 translations

BSB

My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.

KJV

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.When…: or, My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face, etc

WEB

When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.”

ASV

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.

LSV

My heart said to You, “They sought my face, || Your face, O YHWH, I seek.”

YLT

To Thee said my heart 'They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'

DBY

My heart said for thee, Seek ye my face. Thy face, O Jehovah, will I seek.

DRC26:8

My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.

GNV

When thou saidest, Seeke ye my face, mine heart answered vnto thee, O Lord, I will seeke thy face.

JPS

In Thy behalf my heart hath said: 'Seek ye My face'; Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

LXXE26:8

My heart said to thee, I have diligently sought thy face: thy face, O Lord, I will seek.

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WLC

לְךָ֤ ׀ אָמַ֣ר לִ֭בִּי בַּקְּשׁ֣וּ פָנָ֑י אֶת־פָּנֶ֖יךָ יְהוָ֣ה אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃

LXX-Br26:8

Σοὶ εἶπεν ἡ καρδία μου, ἐξεζήτησα τὸ πρόσωπόν σου, τὸ πρόσωπόν σου Κύριε ζητήσω.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 105:4Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
• Jeremiah 29:12–13Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
• Isaiah 55:6–7Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our…
• Psalms 119:58I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
• Psalms 24:6Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
• Psalms 63:1–2O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water. So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
• Hosea 5:15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
• Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

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