The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
Parallel translations
- WEB The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure.
- BSB The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.
- NKJV The works of His hands are verity and justice; All His precepts are sure.
- NASB ¶The works of His hands are truth and justice; All His precepts are trustworthy.
- NLT All he does is just and good, and all his commandments are trustworthy.
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Quick answer
God's deeds are marked by truth and justice, and His commands are trustworthy. His works and His word are perfectly reliable.
Overview
What God does is faithful and just, and what He commands is equally sure and dependable. The verse links God's actions and His precepts as both flowing from His unchanging character. Such trustworthiness undergirds all faith and obedience, supremely confirmed in Christ, who is the truth (John 14:6).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 19:7The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
- Ps 89:14Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
- Deut 32:4He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
- Ps 98:3He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Ps 105:8He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
- Rev 15:3–4And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
- Ps 119:151Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
- Ps 119:160Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
- Ps 119:86All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
- Ps 85:10Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
- Ps 93:5Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.
- 2 Tim 2:13If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
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