Parallel Verses

NET Bible

They are absolutely terrified, for God defends the godly.

New American Standard Bible

There they are in great dread,
For God is with the righteous generation.

King James Version

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Holman Bible

Then they will be filled with terror,
for God is with those who are righteous.

International Standard Version

There they are seized with terror, because God is with those who are righteous.

A Conservative Version

There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

American Standard Version

There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous.

Amplified


There they tremble with great fear,
For God is with the [consistently] righteous generation.

Bible in Basic English

Then were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the upright.

Darby Translation

There were they in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Julia Smith Translation

There they feared a fear: for God is in the generation of the just one.

King James 2000

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Lexham Expanded Bible

There {they are very fearful} because God [is] with [the] generation of [the] righteous.

Modern King James verseion

There they were in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

New Heart English Bible

There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

The Emphasized Bible

There have they been in great dread, because, God, is in the circle of the righteous man.

Webster

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

World English Bible

There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Youngs Literal Translation

There they have feared a fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous.

References

Hastings

Context Readings

A Portrait Of Sinners

4 All those who behave wickedly do not understand -- those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the Lord. 5 They are absolutely terrified, for God defends the godly. 6 You want to humiliate the oppressed, even though the Lord is their shelter.


Cross References

Psalm 73:15

If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your loyal followers.

Psalm 24:6

Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob's descendants, who pray to him. (Selah)

Psalm 112:2

His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.

Exodus 15:16

Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stone until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people whom you have bought pass by.

Esther 8:7

King Ahasuerus replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, "Look, I have already given Haman's estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he took hostile action against the Jews.

Psalm 22:30

A whole generation will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the sovereign Lord.

Psalm 46:5

God lives within it, it cannot be moved. God rescues it at the break of dawn.

Psalm 46:7

The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

Psalm 46:11

The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

Psalm 53:5

They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

Proverbs 1:26-27

so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,

Proverbs 28:1

The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion.

Isaiah 8:10

Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!

Isaiah 12:6

Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!"

Isaiah 41:10

Don't be afraid, for I am with you! Don't be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you -- yes, I help you -- yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

Isaiah 43:1-2

Now, this is what the Lord says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: "Don't be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.

Matthew 1:23

"Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel," which means "God with us."

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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