Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

You have given a signal flag to those who fear You,
so that they can flee before the archers.Selah

New American Standard Bible

You have given a banner to those who fear You,
That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

King James Version

Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

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

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.

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.

References

Context Readings

Prayer In Difficult Times

3 You have made Your people suffer hardship;
You have given us wine to drink
that made us stagger.
4 You have given a signal flag to those who fear You,
so that they can flee before the archers.Selah
5 Save with Your right hand, and answer me,
so that those You love may be rescued.


Cross References

Psalm 20:5

Let us shout for joy at your victory
and lift the banner in the name of our God.
May Yahweh fulfill all your requests.

Isaiah 11:12

He will lift up a banner for the nations
and gather the dispersed of Israel;
He will collect the scattered of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.

Exodus 17:15

And Moses built an altar and named it, “The Lord Is My Banner.”

Psalm 12:1-2

For the choir director: according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.

Psalm 45:4

in your splendor ride triumphantly
in the cause of truth, humility, and justice.
May your right hand show your awe-inspiring acts.

Song of Songs 2:4

He brought me to the banquet hall,
and he looked on me with love.

Isaiah 5:26

He raises a signal flag for the distant nations
and whistles for them from the ends of the earth.
Look—how quickly and swiftly they come!

Isaiah 13:2

Lift up a banner on a barren mountain.
Call out to them.
Wave your hand, and they will go
through the gates of the nobles.

Isaiah 49:22

This is what the Lord God says:

Look, I will lift up My hand to the nations,
and raise My banner to the peoples.
They will bring your sons in their arms,
and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.

Isaiah 59:14-15

Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.

Isaiah 59:19

They will fear the name of Yahweh in the west
and His glory in the east;
for He will come like a rushing stream
driven by the wind of the Lord.

Jeremiah 5:1-3

Roam through the streets of Jerusalem.
Look and take note;
search in her squares.
If you find one person,
any who acts justly,
who seeks to be faithful,
then I will forgive her.

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