Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Truth sprouts up from the ground, while righteousness looks down from the sky.
New American Standard Bible
And righteousness looks down from heaven.
King James Version
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Holman Bible
and righteousness will look down from heaven.
A Conservative Version
Truth springs out of the earth, and righteousness has looked down from heaven.
American Standard Version
Truth springeth out of the earth; And righteousness hath looked down from heaven.
Amplified
Truth springs from the earth,
And righteousness looks down from heaven.
Bible in Basic English
Faith comes up from the earth like a plant; righteousness is looking down from heaven.
Darby Translation
Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from the heavens.
Julia Smith Translation
Truth will spring up from the earth, and justice looked forth from the heavens.
King James 2000
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Faithfulness will sprout from [the] ground, and righteousness will look down from heaven.
Modern King James verseion
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from Heaven.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Truth shall flourish out of the earth, and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.
NET Bible
Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky.
New Heart English Bible
Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.
The Emphasized Bible
Faithfulness, out of the earth, doth spring forth, And, righteousness, out of the heavens, hath looked down.
Webster
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
World English Bible
Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.
Youngs Literal Translation
Truth from the earth springeth up, And righteousness from heaven looketh out,
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 85:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Restoration Of Favor
10 Gracious love and truth meet; righteousness and peace kiss. 11 Truth sprouts up from the ground, while righteousness looks down from the sky. 12 The LORD will also provide what is good, and our land will yield its produce.
Cross References
Isaiah 45:8
"Shout, you skies above, and you clouds, and let righteousness stream down. I am the one who says to the earth, "Let salvation blossom, and let righteousness sprout forth.'
Isaiah 4:2
"At that time, the LORD's branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel and Judah.
Isaiah 42:21
The LORD was pleased, for the sake of his vindication, that he should magnify his Law and make it glorious.
Isaiah 53:2
For he grew up before him like a tender plant, and like a root out of a dry ground; he had no form and he had no majesty that we should look at him, and there is no attractiveness that we should desire him.
Matthew 3:17
Then a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him!"
Matthew 17:5
He was still speaking when a bright cloud suddenly overshadowed them. A voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him. Keep on listening to him!"
Luke 2:14
"Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth to people who enjoy his favor!"
John 14:6
Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
2 Corinthians 5:21
God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that God's righteousness would be produced in us.
Ephesians 1:6
so that we would praise his glorious grace that he gave us in the Beloved One.
1 John 5:20-21
We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true God. We are in union with the one who is true, his Son Jesus the Messiah, who is the true God and eternal life.