Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

You love justice and hate wickedness. That is why God, even your God, has anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness.

New American Standard Bible

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your fellows.

King James Version

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Holman Bible

You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy
more than your companions.

A Conservative Version

Thou have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

American Standard Version

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Amplified


You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, your God, has anointed You
Above Your companions with the oil of jubilation.

Bible in Basic English

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

Darby Translation

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou lovedst justice, and thou wilt hate injustice: for this, God thy God anointed thee with the oil of joy above thy companions.

King James 2000

You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you from among your companions [with] festive oil.

Modern King James verseion

You love righteousness, and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

NET Bible

You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

New Heart English Bible

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

The Emphasized Bible

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated lawlessness, - For this cause, hath God, thine own God, anointed thee, With the oil of gladness, beyond thy partners.

Webster

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

World English Bible

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

Youngs Literal Translation

Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.

Context Readings

A Royal Wedding Song

6 Your throne, God, exists forever and ever, and the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter. 7 You love justice and hate wickedness. That is why God, even your God, has anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness. 8 All your clothes are scented with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.


Cross References

Psalm 33:5

He loves righteousness and justice; the world is filled with the gracious love of the LORD.

Psalm 21:6

Indeed, you have given him eternal blessings; you will make him glad with the joy of your presence.

Psalm 89:26

He will announce to me "You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

Hebrews 1:9

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. That is why God, your God, anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness."

Hebrews 2:14

Therefore, since the children have flesh and blood, he himself also shared the same things, so that by his death he might destroy the one who has the power of death (that is, the Devil)

Leviticus 8:12

After doing this, he poured the oil of anointing on Aaron's head to anoint and consecrate him.

1 Samuel 16:13

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed David in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD came on David from that day forward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.

1 Kings 1:39-40

Zadok the priest brought from his tent a horn filled with oil and anointed Solomon, a trumpet was sounded, and everybody yelled out, "Long live King Solomon!"

1 Kings 19:16

anoint Nimshi's son Jehu as king over Israel, and anoint Shaphat's son Elisha from Abel-meholah as a prophet to replace you.

Psalm 2:2

As the kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the LORD and his anointed one, they say,

Psalm 11:7

Indeed, the LORD is righteous; he loves righteousness; the upright will see him face-to-face. To the Director: On an eight stringed harp. A Davidic Psalm.

Psalm 89:20

I have found my servant David; I have anointed him with my sacred oil,

Psalm 99:4

A mighty king who loves justice, you have established fairness. You have exercised justice and righteousness over Jacob.

Psalm 101:3-4

I will not even think about doing anything lawless; I hate to do evil deeds; I will have none of it.

Psalm 101:8

Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, eliminating everyone who practices iniquity from the LORD's city. A prayer by the afflicted man who is overwhelmed and talks about his troubles with the LORD.

Isaiah 61:1-3

"The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed and to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners;

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered him, "Let it be this way for now, because this is the proper way for us to fulfill all righteousness."

Matthew 7:23

Then I will tell them plainly, "I never knew you. Get away from me, you who practice evil!'"

Luke 3:22

and the Holy Spirit descended on him, appearing in the form of a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, saying, "You are my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with you!"

Luke 4:18-21

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has anointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free,

Luke 13:27

But he will tell you, "I don't know where you come from. Get away from me, all you who practice evil!'

John 1:16

We have all received one gracious gift after another from his abundance,

John 3:34

The one whom God sent speaks the words of God, because God does not give the Spirit in limited measure to him.

John 20:17

Jesus told her, "Don't hold on to me, because I haven't yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, "I'm ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

Acts 2:28

You have made the ways of life known to me, and you will fill me with gladness in your presence.'

Romans 8:29

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that the Son might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He has blessed us in the Messiah with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm,

Colossians 1:18-19

He is also the head of the body, which is the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself might have first place in everything.

Hebrews 7:26

We need such a high priest one who is holy, innocent, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

Revelation 21:27

Nothing unclean, or anyone who does anything detestable, and no one who tells lies will ever enter it. Only those whose names are written in the lamb's Book of Life will enter it.

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