which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.
Parallel translations
- KJV Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
- BSB Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,
- NKJV Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoices like a strong man to run its race.
- NASB Which is like a groom coming out of his chamber; It rejoices like a strong person to run his course.
- NLT It bursts forth like a radiant bridegroom after his wedding. It rejoices like a great athlete eager to run the race.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 62:5For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
- Phil 3:13–14Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
- 1 Cor 9:24–26Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.
- Isa 61:10I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Heb 12:1–2Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
- Eccl 1:5The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
- John 3:29He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.
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