Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Open ye the gates, that enter may a righteous nation, Preserving stedfastness.

New American Standard Bible

“Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter,
The one that remains faithful.

King James Version

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

Holman Bible

Open the gates
so a righteous nation can come in—
one that remains faithful.

International Standard Version

Open your gates, so the righteous nation that safeguards its faith may enter.

A Conservative Version

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps faith may enter in.

American Standard Version

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in.

Amplified


“Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter,
The one that remains faithful and trustworthy.

Bible in Basic English

Let the doors be open, so that the upright nation which keeps faith may come in.

Darby Translation

Open ye the gates, and the righteous nation which keepeth faithfulness shall enter in.

Julia Smith Translation

Open ye the gates and the just nation watching truths shall come in.

King James 2000

Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Open [the] gates {so that} [the] righteous nation who keeps faithfulness may enter!

Modern King James verseion

Open the gates, and the righteous nation shall enter in, keeping faithfulness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Open ye the gates, that the righteous people which keep the truth may enter in.

NET Bible

Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter -- one that remains trustworthy.

New Heart English Bible

Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.

The Emphasized Bible

Open ye the gates, - That there may enter in - a righteous nation preserving fidelity.

Webster

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

World English Bible

Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

ye the gates
שׁער 
Sha`ar 
Usage: 374

צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

the truth
אמוּן 
'emuwn 
Usage: 5

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Judah's Song Of Praise

1 In that day sung is this song in the land of Judah: 'We have a strong city, Salvation He doth make walls and bulwark. 2 Open ye the gates, that enter may a righteous nation, Preserving stedfastness. 3 An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace -- peace! For in Thee it is confident.


Cross References

Psalm 118:20

This is the gate to Jehovah, The righteous enter into it.

Isaiah 60:11

And opened have thy gates continually, By day and by night they are not shut, To bring unto thee the force of nations, Even their kings are led.

Isaiah 60:21

And thy people are all of them righteous, To the age they possess the earth, A branch of My planting, A work of My hands, to be beautified.

Isaiah 62:10

Pass ye on, pass on through the gates, Prepare ye the way of the people, Raise up, raise up the highway, clear it from stones, Lift up an ensign over the peoples.

Exodus 19:6

and ye -- ye are to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation: these are the words which thou dost speak unto the sons of Israel.'

Deuteronomy 4:6-8

and ye have kept and done them (for it is your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding is this great nation.

Psalm 106:5

To look on the good of Thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Thy nation, To boast myself with Thine inheritance.

Isaiah 54:14

In righteousness thou establishest thyself, Be far from oppression, for thou fearest not, And from ruin, for it cometh not near unto thee.

Isaiah 58:8

Then broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in haste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee.

Isaiah 62:2

And nations have seen thy righteousness, And all kings thine honour, And He is giving to thee a new name, That the mouth of Jehovah doth define.

Ezekiel 48:31-34

And the gates of the city are according to the names of the tribes of Israel; three gates northward: the gate of Reuben one, the gate of Judah one, the gate of Levi one.

Zechariah 8:20

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Yet come do peoples, and inhabitants of many cities,

Acts 2:47

praising God, and having favour with all the people, and the Lord was adding those being saved every day to the assembly.

1 Peter 2:9

and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

2 Peter 3:13

and for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise we do wait, in which righteousness doth dwell;

Jude 1:3

Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,

Revelation 5:9

and they sing a new song, saying, 'Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

Revelation 21:24

and the nations of the saved in its light shall walk, and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it,

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