Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The mighty King loves justice.
You have established fairness;
You have administered justice
and righteousness in Jacob.

New American Standard Bible

The strength of the King loves justice;
You have established equity;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

King James Version

The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

International Standard Version

A mighty king who loves justice, you have established fairness. You have exercised justice and righteousness over Jacob.

A Conservative Version

The king's strength also loves justice. Thou establish equity. Thou execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

American Standard Version

The king's strength also loveth justice; Thou dost establish equity; Thou executest justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Amplified


The strength of the King loves justice and righteous judgment;
You have established fairness;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob (Israel).

Bible in Basic English

The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

Darby Translation

And the strength of the king that loveth justice. Thou hast established equity: it is thou that executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

Julia Smith Translation

And the king's strength loved judgment; thou didst prepare uprightnesses, thou didst judgment and justice in Jacob.

King James 2000

The king's strength also loves justice; you do establish equity, you execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And [the] strength of [the] king loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Modern King James verseion

The king's strength also loved judgment; You established uprightness; You worked judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The king's power loveth judgment. Thou hast prepared equity; thou hast executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

NET Bible

The king is strong; he loves justice. You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; you promote justice and equity in Jacob.

New Heart English Bible

The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

The Emphasized Bible

Yea, with the strength of a king - justice, he loveth, - Thou, hast established equity, Justice and righteousness in Jacob, thou, hast wrought.

Webster

The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

World English Bible

The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the strength of the king Hath loved judgment, Thou -- Thou hast established uprightness; Judgment and righteousness in Jacob, Thou -- Thou hast done.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The king's
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

עוז עז 
`oz 
Usage: 55

אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

Context Readings

Yahweh Is A Holy King

3 Let them praise Your great
and awe-inspiring name.
He is holy. 4 The mighty King loves justice.
You have established fairness;
You have administered justice
and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt the Lord our God;
bow in worship at His footstool.
He is holy.


Cross References

Psalm 11:7

For the Lord is righteous; He loves righteous deeds.
The upright will see His face.

Job 36:5-7

Yes, God is mighty, but He despises no one;
He understands all things.

Jeremiah 23:5

“The days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—
“when I will raise up a Righteous Branch of David.
He will reign wisely as king
and administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 32:3-4

For I will proclaim Yahweh’s name.
Declare the greatness of our God!

2 Samuel 23:3-4

The God of Israel spoke;
the Rock of Israel said to me,
“The one who rules the people with justice,
who rules in the fear of God,

Job 37:23

The Almighty—we cannot reach Him—
He is exalted in power!
He will not oppress justice and abundant righteousness,

Psalm 45:6-7

Your throne, God, is forever and ever;
the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

Psalm 72:1-2

Solomonic.God, give Your justice to the king
and Your righteousness to the king’s son.

Psalm 98:9

before the Lord,
for He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world righteously
and the peoples fairly.

Isaiah 9:7

The dominion will be vast,
and its prosperity will never end.
He will reign on the throne of David
and over his kingdom,
to establish and sustain it
with justice and righteousness from now on and forever.
The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.

Isaiah 11:3-5

His delight will be in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge
by what He sees with His eyes,
He will not execute justice
by what He hears with His ears,

Isaiah 42:4

He will not grow weak or be discouraged
until He has established justice on earth.
The islands will wait for His instruction.”

Isaiah 61:11

For as the earth produces its growth,
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.

Jude 1:15

to execute judgment on all
and to convict them
of all their ungodly acts
that they have done in an ungodly way,
and of all the harsh things ungodly sinners
have said against Him.

Revelation 19:11

Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and He judges and makes war in righteousness.

Revelation 19:16

And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh:

KING OF KINGS

AND LORD OF LORDS.

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