Parallel Verses
Amplified
Yodh.
Your hands have made me and established me;
Give me understanding and a teachable heart, that I may learn Your commandments.
New American Standard Bible
Yodh.
King James Version
JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Holman Bible
י Yod
give me understanding
so that I can learn Your commands.
International Standard Version
Your hands made and formed me; give me understanding, that I may learn your commands.
A Conservative Version
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me. Give me understanding that I may learn thy commandments.
American Standard Version
YODH. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Bible in Basic English
Your hands have made me, and given me form: give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your teaching.
Darby Translation
YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
Julia Smith Translation
Thy hands made me and they will prepare me: cause me to understand and I will learn thy commands.
King James 2000
[Yod] Your hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Your hands have made me and established me; give me understanding that I may learn your commands.
Modern King James verseion
JOD: Your hands have made me and formed me; give me understanding so that I may learn Your Commandments.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{Yod} Thy hands have made me and fashioned me, O give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
NET Bible
(Yod) Your hands made me and formed me. Give me understanding so that I might learn your commands.
New Heart English Bible
YOD Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
The Emphasized Bible
[YODH] Thine own hands, have made me, and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Webster
JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
World English Bible
Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
Youngs Literal Translation
Yod. Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 119:73
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yod
72
The law from Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
Your hands have made me and established me;
Give me understanding and a teachable heart, that I may learn Your commandments.
May those who [reverently] fear You see me and be glad,
Because I wait for Your word.
Cross References
Psalm 111:10
The [reverent] fear of the Lord is the beginning (the prerequisite, the absolute essential, the alphabet) of wisdom;
A good understanding and a teachable heart are possessed by all those who do the will of the Lord;
His praise endures forever.
Psalm 138:8
The Lord will accomplish that which concerns me;
Your [unwavering] lovingkindness, O Lord, endures forever—
Do not abandon the works of Your own hands.
Psalm 139:14-16
I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
Psalm 100:3
Know and fully recognize with gratitude that the Lord Himself is God;
It is He who has made us,
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
1 Chronicles 22:12
Only may the Lord give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
2 Chronicles 2:12
Hiram said also, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who will build a house for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.
Job 10:8-11
‘Your hands have formed and made me altogether.
Would You [turn around and] destroy me?
Job 31:15
“Did not He who made me in the womb make my servant,
And did not the same One fashion us both in the womb?
Job 32:8
“But there is [a vital force and] a spirit [of intelligence] in man,
And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
Psalm 119:34
Give me understanding [a teachable heart and the ability to learn], that I may keep Your law;
And observe it with all my heart.
Psalm 119:125
I am Your servant; give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart]
That I may know Your testimonies.
Psalm 119:144
Your righteous testimonies are everlasting;
Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] that I may live.
Psalm 119:169
Tav.
Let my [mournful] cry come before You, O Lord;
Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] according to Your word [of promise].
2 Timothy 2:7
Think over the things I am saying [grasp their application], for the Lord will grant you insight and understanding in everything.
James 3:18
And the seed whose fruit is righteousness (spiritual maturity) is sown in peace by those who make peace [by actively encouraging goodwill between individuals].
1 John 5:20
And we [have seen and] know [by personal experience] that the Son of God has [actually] come [to this world], and has given us understanding and insight so that we may [progressively and personally] know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.