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Delight Yourself in the LORD

Psalms 37:18

In 11 translations

BSB
The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
KJV
The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
WEB
Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.
ASV
Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; And their inheritance shall be for ever.
LSV
YHWH knows the days of the perfect, || And their inheritance is for all time.
YLT
Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect, And their inheritance is — to the age.
DBY
Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever:
DRC36:18
The Lord knoweth the days of undefiled; and their inheritance shall be for ever.
GNV
The Lord knoweth the dayes of vpright men, and their inheritance shall bee perpetuall.
JPS
The LORD knoweth the days of them that are wholehearted; and their inheritance shall be for ever.
LXXE36:18
The Lord knows the ways of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יוֹדֵ֣עַ יְ֭הוָה יְמֵ֣י תְמִימִ֑ם וְ֝נַחֲלָתָ֗ם לְעוֹלָ֥ם תִּהְיֶֽה׃
LXX-Br36:18
Γινώσκει Κύριος τὰς ὁδοὺς τῶν ἀμώμων, καὶ ἡ κληρονομία αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἔσται.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
  • Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Psalms 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
  • 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
  • Psalms 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
  • Psalms 49:5Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
  • Revelation 11:3–5And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. If anyone wants…
  • Psalms 73:24You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
  • 1 Peter 1:4–5and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • 1 John 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
  • Isaiah 60:21Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
  • Psalms 21:4He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.
  • Deuteronomy 33:25May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”
  • Psalms 31:15My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
  • 2 Timothy 4:2–4Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears…
  • Romans 5:21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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