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Surely God Is Good to Israel

Psalms 73:15

In 11 translations

BSB
If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
KJV
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
WEB
If I had said, “I will speak thus”, behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
ASV
If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
LSV
If I have said, “I recount thus,” || Behold, I have deceived a generation of Your sons.
YLT
If I have said, 'I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.
DBY
If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
DRC72:15
If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children.
GNV
If I say, I will iudge thus, beholde the generation of thy children: I haue trespassed.
JPS
If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.
LXXE72:15
If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I should have broken covenant with the generation of thy children.

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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
אִם־אָ֭מַרְתִּי אֲסַפְּרָ֥ה כְמ֑וֹ הִנֵּ֤ה ד֭וֹר בָּנֶ֣יךָ בָגָֽדְתִּי׃
LXX-Br72:15
Εἰ ἔλεγον, διηγήσομαι οὕτως, ἰδοὺ τῇ γενεᾷ τῶν υἱῶν σου ἠσυνθέτηκα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 18:6–7But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world for the…
  • Psalms 24:6Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
  • Malachi 2:8But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  • Romans 14:21It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
  • Romans 14:15If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
  • 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.
  • Psalms 14:5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
  • Psalms 22:30Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
  • 1 Samuel 2:24No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
  • 1 Corinthians 8:11–13So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if what I eat causes my…

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