You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
- BSB You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
- NKJV You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.
- NASB You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
- NLT You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping.
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Cross-references · 7
- Prov 4:12When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
- 2 Sam 22:37You have enlarged my steps under me. My feet have not slipped.
- Job 36:16Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
- Ps 4:1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David. Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
- Job 18:7The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down.
- Luke 12:50But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
- Luke 24:46–48He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
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