Parallel Verses
King James Version
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
New American Standard Bible
Is God in His
Holman Bible
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.
International Standard Version
A father to orphans and an advocate for widows is God in his holy dwelling place.
A Conservative Version
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
American Standard Version
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
Amplified
A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
Bible in Basic English
A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.
Darby Translation
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Julia Smith Translation
A father of orphans and a judge of widows, God in his holy habitation.
King James 2000
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A father to orphans and a judge for widows [is] God in his holy habitation.
Modern King James verseion
In His holy dwelling God is the father of the fatherless, and the judge of the widows.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He is a father of the fatherless, he is a defender of widows; even God in his holy habitation.
NET Bible
He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.
New Heart English Bible
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
The Emphasized Bible
The father of the fatherless, And the advocate of widows, Is God, in his holy habitation.
Webster
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
World English Bible
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Youngs Literal Translation
Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
Themes
Fatherless » God will » Be a father of
God » Fatherhood of » General references to
God's Promises » To the widow and fatherless » God's care for
Heavenly » Father » General references to
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 68:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Majestic Power
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. 5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. 6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:18
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Psalm 10:14
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 146:9
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Deuteronomy 26:15
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
2 Chronicles 6:2
But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
2 Chronicles 30:27
Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
Job 29:12-13
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Job 31:16-17
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Psalm 10:18
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Psalm 33:14
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Psalm 72:2
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
Psalm 72:4
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalm 82:3-4
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Isaiah 1:23
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isaiah 66:1
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Jeremiah 49:11
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Hosea 14:3
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
Luke 18:2-7
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
Acts 7:48-49
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Ephesians 5:1
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;