The godly will see these things and be glad, while the wicked are struck silent.
Parallel translations
- WEB The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
- KJV The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
- BSB The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
- NKJV The righteous see it and rejoice, And all iniquity stops its mouth.
- NASB The upright see it and are glad; But all injustice shuts its mouth.
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Quick answer
The upright see God's works and rejoice, while all wickedness is silenced.
Overview
The righteous behold God's just dealings with gladness, while the wicked have nothing to say against him. God's vindication of his ways brings joy to the faithful and stops the mouths of the proud. This anticipates the final day when every mouth is silenced and the upright rejoice in the triumph of God's righteousness in Christ.
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Cross-references · 11
- Ps 63:11But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.
- Job 22:19The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
- Rom 3:19Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
- Ps 52:6The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
- Job 5:15–16But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
- Isa 66:14You will see it, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones will flourish like the tender grass. Yahweh’s hand will be known among his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.
- Isa 66:10–11“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;
- Exod 11:7But against any of the children of Israel a dog won’t even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal; that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
- Prov 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
- Ps 112:10The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.
- Ps 58:10–11The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
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