Parallel Verses
Amplified
You have set up a banner for those who fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder—a banner to shield them from attack],
A banner that may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
New American Standard Bible
That it may be displayed because of the truth.
King James Version
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
Holman Bible
so that they can flee before the archers.
International Standard Version
But you have given a banner to those who fear you, so they may display it in honor of truth. Interlude
A Conservative Version
Thou have given a banner to those who fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
American Standard Version
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah
Bible in Basic English
So that your loved ones may be made safe, let your right hand be my salvation, and give me an answer.
Darby Translation
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth, (Selah,)
Julia Smith Translation
Thou gavest a signal to those fearing thee, to flee from the face of the bow. Silence.
King James 2000
You have given a banner to them that fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You have rallied those who fear you round a banner {out of bowshot}, Selah
Modern King James verseion
You have given a banner to those who fear You, to lift it up because of the truth. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yet hast thou given a token, for such as fear thee, that they may triumph because of the truth. Selah.
NET Bible
You have given your loyal followers a rallying flag, so that they might seek safety from the bow. (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou hadst given - to them that revere thee - a banner, to float aloft, Because of thy faithfulness. Selah.
Webster
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
World English Bible
You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou hast given to those fearing thee an ensign. To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. Selah.
Themes
religious Testimony » How and where to be given » How and where to be given
War » Figurative » To be carried on » Under the lord's banner
Warfare of saints » To be carried on » Under the lord's banner
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 60:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer In Difficult Times
3
You have made Your people experience hardship;
You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger and fall.
You have set up a banner for those who fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder—a banner to shield them from attack],
A banner that may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
That Your beloved ones may be rescued,
Save with Your right hand and answer us.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 20:5
We will sing joyously over your victory,
And in the name of our God we will set up our banners.
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.
Isaiah 11:12
And He will lift up a signal for the nations
And assemble the
And will gather the dispersed of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.
Exodus 17:15
And Moses built an altar and named it
Psalm 12:1-2
For the faithful vanish from among the sons of men.
Psalm 45:4
And in Your majesty ride on triumphantly
For the cause of truth and humility and righteousness;
Let Your right hand guide You to awesome things.
Song of Songs 2:4
“He has brought me to his banqueting place,
And his banner over me is love [waving overhead to protect and comfort me].
Isaiah 5:26
He will lift up a flag to [call] the distant nations [to bring His judgment on Judah],
And will whistle for them from the ends of the earth;
And indeed, they will come with great speed swiftly.
Isaiah 13:2
Lift up a signal banner on the bare mountain,
Summon them [the Medes and Persians] with a loud voice,
Wave the [beckoning] hand so that they may enter the doorways of the [Babylonian] nobles.
Isaiah 49:22
This is what the Lord God says,
And set up My banner to the peoples;
And they will bring your sons in the fold of their garments,
And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
Isaiah 59:14-15
Justice is pushed back,
And righteous behavior stands far away;
For truth has fallen in the city square,
And
Isaiah 59:19
So they will fear the name of the Lord from the west
And His glory from the rising of the sun.
For He will come in like a narrow, rushing stream
Which the
Jeremiah 5:1-3
And look now and take note.
And look in her open squares
To see if you can find a man [as Abraham sought in Sodom],
One who is just, who [has integrity and moral courage and] seeks truth (faithfulness);
Then I will pardon Jerusalem—[for the sake of one uncompromisingly righteous person].