Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

With my soul I desired You in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

New American Standard Bible

At night my soul longs for You,
Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For when the earth experiences Your judgments
The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

King James Version

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Holman Bible

I long for You in the night;
yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks You,
for when Your judgments are in the land,
the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

International Standard Version

My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me searches for you. For when your judgments come upon the earth, the world's inhabitants learn righteousness.

A Conservative Version

With my soul I have desired thee in the night. Yea, with my spirit within me I will seek thee earnestly. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

American Standard Version

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Amplified


In the night my soul longs for You [O Lord],
Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For [only] when Your judgments are experienced on the earth
Will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Bible in Basic English

In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.

Darby Translation

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Julia Smith Translation

My soul desired thee in the night; also my spirit in the midst of me I will seek thee: for when thy judgments to the earth, those dwelling in the habitable globe will learn justice.

King James 2000

With my soul have I desired you in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I desire you [with all] my soul in the night; also I seek you [with] my spirit within me, for when your judgments [are] {upon} the earth, [the] inhabitants of [the] world learn righteousness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My soul lusteth after thee all the night long, and my mind hasteth freely to thee. For as soon as thy judgment is known to the world, then the inhabiters of the earth learn righteousness.

NET Bible

I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.

New Heart English Bible

With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

The Emphasized Bible

With my soul, longed I for thee in the night, Yea with my spirit within me, I kept on searching for thee, - For, when thy regulations extend to the earth, The inhabitants of the world will have learned, righteousness.

Webster

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yes, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

World English Bible

With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Youngs Literal Translation

With my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, with my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments are on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
With my soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

אוה 
'avah 
Usage: 26

thee in the night
לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

yea, with my spirit
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

קרב 
Qereb 
Usage: 226

me will I seek thee early
שׁחר 
Shachar 
Usage: 12

are in the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

of the world
תּבל 
Tebel 
Usage: 36

will learn
למד 
Lamad 
Usage: 86

References

Fausets

Hastings

Images Isaiah 26:9

Prayers for Isaiah 26:9

Context Readings

Yahweh's People Vindicated

8 Yea, in the way of Your judgments, O Jehovah, we awaited You; for Your name and for Your memory is the desire of our soul. 9 With my soul I desired You in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness. 10 Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah.


Cross References

Psalm 63:1

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; I will seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You, as in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.

Psalm 119:62

At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous judgments.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me; and those who seek me early shall find me.

Hosea 5:15

I will go; I will return to My place until they confess their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will seek Me diligently.

Luke 6:12

And it happened in those days that He went out into a mountain to pray, and He was spending the night in prayer to God.

Revelation 11:13

And in that hour a great earthquake occurred, and the tenth part of the city fell. And seven thousand names of men were slain in the earthquake. And the rest were frightened and gave glory to the God of Heaven.

Numbers 14:21-23

But truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah.

Psalm 58:11

And man shall say, Truly, there is a reward for the righteous; truly, there is a God judging in the earth.

Psalm 63:6-7

when I remember You on my bed and think of You in the night watches.

Psalm 64:9

And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall in wisdom think of His doing.

Psalm 77:2-3

In the day of my trouble I sought Jehovah; my hand was poured in the night, and ceased not; my soul refused to be comforted.

Psalm 78:34

When He killed them, then they looked for Him; and they turned back and sought after God.

Psalm 83:18

so that men may know that Your name is JEHOVAH, that You alone are the Most High over all the earth.

Psalm 130:6

My soul waits for Jehovah more than morning-watchers who are watching for the morning.

Song of Songs 3:1-4

By night on my bed I sought Him whom my soul loved; I sought Him, but I did not find Him.

Song of Songs 5:2-8

I sleep, but my heart is awake. It is the sound of my Beloved that knocks, saying, Open to Me, My sister, My love, My dove, My undefiled; for My head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.

Isaiah 27:9

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he makes all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in pieces, the Asherahs and sun-pillars shall not stand up.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek Jehovah while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

Mark 1:35

And rising up quite early in the night, He went out and went away into a deserted place, and He was praying there.

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