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Delight Yourself in the LORD

Psalms 37:6

In 11 translations

BSB
He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
KJV
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
WEB
he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun.
ASV
And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, And thy justice as the noonday.
LSV
And has brought out your righteousness as light, || And your judgment as noon-day.
YLT
And hath brought out as light thy righteousness, And thy judgment as noon-day.
DBY
and he will bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
DRC36:6
And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
GNV
And he shall bring foorth thy righteousnes as the light, and thy iudgement as the noone day.
JPS
And He will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, and thy right as the noonday.
LXXE36:6
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהוֹצִ֣יא כָא֣וֹר צִדְקֶ֑ךָ וּ֝מִשְׁפָּטֶ֗ךָ כַּֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃
LXX-Br36:6
Καὶ ἐξοίσει ὡς φῶς τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου, καὶ τὸ κρίμα σου ὡς μεσημβρίαν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
  • Job 11:17Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
  • Isaiah 58:8Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
  • Micah 7:8–9Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case…
  • Matthew 13:43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
  • Isaiah 58:10and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
  • Psalms 31:20You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
  • Malachi 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
  • 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise…

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

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  • 36:6 in some Bibles
  • 37:6 in most Bibles

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