Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.
Parallel translations
- KJV Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
- BSB In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
- NKJV Our fathers trusted in You; They trusted, and You delivered them.
- NASB In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You rescued them.
- NLT Our ancestors trusted in you, and you rescued them.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Exod 14:31Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh, and in his servant Moses.
- Exod 14:13–14Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again.
- Gen 15:6He believed in Yahweh, who credited it to him for righteousness.
- Gen 32:28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
- Heb 11:8–32By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
- Rom 4:18–22Besides hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.”
- Ps 44:1–7For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
- 1 Sam 7:9–12Samuel took a suckling lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering to Yahweh. Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel; and Yahweh answered him.
- Gen 32:9–12Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’
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