Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and he knows those who take refuge in him.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord is good,
A stronghold in the day of trouble,
And He knows those who take refuge in Him.

King James Version

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Holman Bible

The Lord is good,
a stronghold in a day of distress;
He cares for those who take refuge in Him.

International Standard Version

The LORD is good a refuge in troubled times. He knows those who are confiding in him.

American Standard Version

Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him.

Amplified


The Lord is good,
A strength and stronghold in the day of trouble;
He knows [He recognizes, cares for, and understands fully] those who take refuge and trust in Him.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.

Darby Translation

Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah is good for a fortress in the day of straits; and he knew those trusting in him.

King James 2000

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows them that trust in him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh is good--a refuge in [the] day of distress; [he knows] those who take refuge in him.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Full gracious is the LORD, and a stronghold in time of trouble. He knoweth them that put their trust in him:

NET Bible

The Lord is good -- indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

The Emphasized Bible

Good is Yahweh, as a protection in the day of distress, - and one who acknowledgeth them who seek refuge in him.

Webster

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

World English Bible

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

Youngs Literal Translation

Good is Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The Lord

Usage: 0

מעז מעז מעוּז מעוז 
Ma`owz 
Usage: 36

in the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

חסה 
Chacah 
to trust, to make a refuge, have hope
Usage: 37

References

Fausets

Hastings

Images Nahum 1:7

Context Readings

Destruction Of Nineveh

6 Who can stand before his indignation? And who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him. 7 LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and he knows those who take refuge in him. 8 But with an over running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.



Cross References

Psalm 1:6

For LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Jeremiah 33:11

the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, Give thanks to LORD of hosts, for LORD is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever, [and of those] wh

2 Timothy 2:19

Nevertheless the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, Lord knows those who are his, and, Let every man who names the name of Lord keep away from unrighteousness.

Psalm 25:8

Good and upright is LORD. Therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.

Psalm 100:5

For LORD is good. His loving kindness [is] forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Isaiah 25:4

For thou have been a stronghold to a poor man, a stronghold to a needy man in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the oppressors is as a storm against the wall.

John 10:27

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

1 Chronicles 5:20

And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them, for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated by them because they put their trust in him.

1 Chronicles 16:34

O give thanks to LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.

2 Chronicles 16:8-9

Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge army, with chariots and horsemen exceedingly many? Yet, because thou relied on LORD, he delivered them into thy hand.

2 Chronicles 32:8

With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 32:11

Does not Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, LORD our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

2 Chronicles 32:21

And LORD sent a [heavenly] agent who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his g

Ezra 3:11

And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to LORD, [saying], For he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised LORD, because the fo

Psalm 18:1-2

I love thee, O LORD, my strength.

Psalm 20:1

LORD answer thee in the day of trouble. The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high,

Psalm 27:5

For in the day of trouble he will hide me in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up upon a rock.

Psalm 50:15

And call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver thee, and thou shall glorify me.

Psalm 59:16

But I will sing of thy strength. Yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving kindness in the morning. For thou have been my high tower, and a refuge in the day of my distress.

Psalm 62:6-8

He only is my rock and my salvation, my high tower. I shall not be moved.

Psalm 71:3

Be thou to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually resort. Thou have given commandment to save me, for thou are my rock and my fortress.

Psalm 84:11-12

For LORD God is a sun and a shield. LORD will give grace and glory. He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 86:7

In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee, for thou will answer me.

Psalm 91:1-2

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalm 91:15

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

Psalm 136:1-26

O give thanks to LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.

Psalm 144:1-2

Blessed be LORD, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight,

Psalm 145:6-10

And men shall speak of the might of thy fearful acts, and I will declare thy greatness.

Proverbs 18:10

The name of LORD is a strong tower. A righteous man runs into it, and is safe.

Isaiah 26:1-4

In that day this song shall be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city. He will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.

Isaiah 32:2

And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

Isaiah 37:3-4

And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy, for the sons have come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

Jeremiah 17:7-8

Blessed is the man who trusts in LORD, and whose trust LORD is.

Lamentations 3:25

LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

Daniel 3:28

Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his [heavenly] agent, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and have yielded their bodies

Daniel 6:23

Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of harm was found upon him, because he had trusted in his God.

Matthew 7:23

And then I will profess to them, I never acknowledged you. Depart from me, ye who work lawlessness.

Matthew 27:43

He trusted in God, let him rescue him now, if he wants him, for he said, I am the Son of God.

John 10:14

I am the good shepherd, and I know mine, and I am known by mine,

Romans 11:22

Behold therefore the goodness and the severity of God. Indeed toward those who fell, severity, but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness, otherwise thou too will be cut off.

Galatians 4:9

but now knowing God, but rather being known by God, how is it ye turn again to the weak and destitute elements to which ye desire again to be in bondage anew?

1 John 4:8-10

He who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

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