I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works.
Parallel translations
- KJV I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
- BSB I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
- NKJV I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the Lord.
- NASB I will not die, but live, And tell of the works of the Lord.
- NLT I will not die; instead, I will live to tell what the Lord has done.
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Cross-references · 13
- John 11:4But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
- Ps 71:17–18God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
- Isa 38:16–20Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them: you restore me, and cause me to live.
- Ps 6:5For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
- Ps 73:28But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
- Hab 1:12Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.
- Rom 14:7–9For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
- Ps 145:4One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.
- Ps 107:22Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.
- Ps 40:5Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
- Ps 40:10I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
- Ps 119:13With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
- Jer 51:10‘Yahweh has produced our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.’
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