Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.

New American Standard Bible

Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.

King James Version

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

Holman Bible

Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep Your word.

International Standard Version

Before I was humbled, I wandered away, but now I observe your words.

A Conservative Version

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I observe thy word.

American Standard Version

Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.

Amplified


Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep and honor Your word [with loving obedience].

Darby Translation

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy word.

Julia Smith Translation

Before I shall be humbled I go astray: and now I watched thy word.

King James 2000

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept your word.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Before I was afflicted, I was going astray, but now I heed your word.

Modern King James verseion

Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I have kept Your Word.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Before I was troubled, I went wrong, but now I keep thy word.

NET Bible

Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.

New Heart English Bible

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.

The Emphasized Bible

Before I was afflicted, I myself was going astray, but, now, thy word, have I kept.

Webster

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

World English Bible

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.

Youngs Literal Translation

Before I am afflicted, I -- I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.

Context Readings

Teth

66 Give me knowledge and good sense; for I have put my faith in your teachings. 67 Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word. 68 You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules.


Cross References

Jeremiah 31:18-19

Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God.

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.

Psalm 119:75

I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun became fat and would not be controlled: you have become fat, you are thick and full of food: then he was untrue to the God who made him, giving no honour to the Rock of his salvation.

2 Samuel 10:19

And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their servants. So the Aramaeans, in fear, gave no more help to the children of Ammon.

2 Samuel 11:2-27

Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

2 Chronicles 33:9-13

And Manasseh made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go out of the true way, so that they did more evil than those nations whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.

Psalm 73:5-28

They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men.

Psalm 119:176

I have gone out of the way like a wandering sheep; make search for your servant; for I keep your teachings ever in mind.

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

Jeremiah 22:21

My word came to you in the time of your well-being; but you said, I will not give ear. This has been your way from your earliest years, you did not give attention to my voice.

Hosea 2:6-7

For this cause I will put thorns in her road, building up a wall round her so that she may not go on her way.

Hosea 5:15-1

I will go back to my place till they are made waste; in their trouble they will go after me early and will make search for me.

Hebrews 12:5-11

And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.

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