that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
Parallel translations
- KJV That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
- BSB to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.
- NKJV That He may seat him with princes— With the princes of His people.
- NASB To seat them with noblemen, With the noblemen of His people.
- NLT He sets them among princes, even the princes of his own people!
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Cross-references · 6
- Job 36:7He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
- Phil 2:8–11And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
- Gen 41:41Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”
- Ps 45:16Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth.
- Ps 68:13while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.
- Rev 5:9–10They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
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