You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
- BSB The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
- NKJV Your testimonies, which You have commanded, Are righteous and very faithful.
- NASB You have commanded Your testimonies in righteousness And great faithfulness.
- NLT Your laws are perfect and completely trustworthy.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ps 119:144Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KUF
- Ps 19:7–9Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s testimony is sure, making wise the simple.
- Ps 119:86All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
- Deut 4:45These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,
- Deut 4:8What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you today?
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