Parallel Verses
Amplified
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not regard the proud nor those who lapse into lies.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Holman Bible
who has put his trust in the Lord
and has not turned to the proud
or to those who run after lies!
International Standard Version
How blessed is that strong person who places his trust in the LORD, and who has not acknowledged the proud nor resorted to lies.
A Conservative Version
Blessed is the man who makes LORD his trust, and respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
American Standard Version
Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Bible in Basic English
Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.
Darby Translation
Blessed is the man that hath made Jehovah his confidence, and turneth not to the proud, and to such as turn aside to lies.
Julia Smith Translation
Happy the man who set Jehovah his trust, and turned not to the arrogant, and those turning aside to falsehood.
King James 2000
Blessed is that man that makes the LORD his trust, and respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Blessed [is] the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not turn to [the] proud and [to those who] fall away [to] a lie.
Modern King James verseion
Blessed is the man who makes Jehovah his trust and does not turn to the proud, nor to those who turn aside to a lie.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the LORD, and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies.
NET Bible
How blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord and does not seek help from the proud or from liars!
New Heart English Bible
Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, and doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
The Emphasized Bible
How happy the man, Who hath made Yahweh his confidence, who hath not turned unto the haughty, nor gone aside unto falsehood.
Webster
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
World English Bible
Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Youngs Literal Translation
O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies.
Themes
the Blessed » Who trust in God
Lying » Saints » Respect not those who practice
Pride » Saints » Respect not, in others
The Proud » General references to
Topics
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 40:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Thanksgiving And A Cry For Help
3
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will see and fear [with great reverence]
And will trust confidently in the Lord.
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not regard the proud nor those who lapse into lies.
Many, O Lord my God, are the wonderful works which You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of your wonders,
They would be too many to count.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 34:8
O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good;
How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who takes refuge in Him.
Psalm 125:5
But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways [in unresponsiveness to God],
The Lord will lead them away with those who do evil.
Peace be upon Israel.
Psalm 2:12
Kiss (pay respect to) the
For His wrath may soon be kindled and set aflame.
How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] are all those who take refuge in Him!
Psalm 15:4
In his eyes an evil person is despised,
But he honors those who fear the Lord [and obediently worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].
He keeps his word even to his own disadvantage and does not change it [for his own benefit];
Psalm 84:11-12
For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor;
No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
Psalm 101:3-7
I will set no worthless or wicked thing before my eyes.
I hate the practice of those who fall away [from the right path];
It will not grasp hold of me.
Psalm 118:8-9
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.
Psalm 119:21
You rebuke the presumptuous and arrogant, the cursed ones,
Who wander from Your commandments.
Isaiah 44:18-20
They do not know, nor do they understand, for God has muddied their eyes so that they cannot see, and their hearts (minds) as well so that they cannot understand.
Jeremiah 10:14-15
Every man has become [like a brute] irrational and stupid, without knowledge [of God];
Every goldsmith is shamed by his carved idols;
For his molten images are frauds and lies,
And there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 17:7-8
“Blessed [with spiritual security] is the man who believes and trusts in and relies on the Lord
And whose hope and confident expectation is the Lord.
Jonah 2:8
“Those who regard and follow worthless idols
Romans 15:12-13
Again Isaiah says,
He who arises to rule [as King] over the Gentiles,
In Him shall the Gentiles hope.”
2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
The coming of the [Antichrist, the lawless] one is through the activity of Satan, [attended] with great power [all kinds of counterfeit miracles] and [deceptive] signs and false wonders [all of them lies],