You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
- BSB You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
- NKJV You are near, O Lord, And all Your commandments are truth.
- NASB You are near, Lord, And all Your commandments are truth.
- NLT But you are near, O Lord, and all your commands are true.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 145:18Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
- Ps 119:142Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
- Ps 139:2You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
- Ps 34:18Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
- Deut 4:7For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?
- Matt 1:23“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel”; which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”
- Ps 75:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm by Asaph. A song. We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.
- Ps 46:1For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Ps 119:138You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
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