Parallel Verses

Amplified


It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.

New American Standard Bible

It is good for me that I was afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.

King James Version

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

Holman Bible

It was good for me to be afflicted
so that I could learn Your statutes.

International Standard Version

It was for my good that I was humbled; so that I would learn your statutes.

A Conservative Version

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn thy statutes.

American Standard Version

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.

Bible in Basic English

It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.

Darby Translation

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.

Julia Smith Translation

Good for me that thou didst humble me, so that I shall learn thy laws.

King James 2000

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[It is] good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn your statutes.

Modern King James verseion

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, so that I might learn Your Precepts.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

It is good for me that I have been in trouble, that I may learn thy statutes.

NET Bible

It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.

New Heart English Bible

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.

The Emphasized Bible

It is, well for me, that I was afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.

Webster

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

World English Bible

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.

Youngs Literal Translation

Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.

Context Readings

Teth

70
Their heart is insensitive like fat [their minds are dull and brutal],
But I delight in Your law.
71 
It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
72
The law from Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.


Cross References

Psalm 119:67


Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep and honor Your word [with loving obedience].

Psalm 94:12-13


Blessed [with wisdom and prosperity] is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord,
And whom You teach from Your law,

Isaiah 27:9


Therefore through this the wickedness [the sin, the injustice, the wrongdoing] of Jacob (Israel) will be atoned for and forgiven;
And this will be the full price [that God requires] for taking away his sin:
When Israel makes all the stones of the [pagan] altars like crushed chalk stones;
When the Asherim and the incense altars will not stand.

1 Corinthians 11:32

But when we [fall short and] are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined [by undergoing His correction] so that we will not be condemned [to eternal punishment] along with the world.

Hebrews 12:10-11

For our earthly fathers disciplined us for only a short time as seemed best to them; but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.

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