I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Yahweh.
Parallel translations
- KJV I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
- BSB I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
- ESV I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.
- NKJV I have hated those who regard useless idols; But I trust in the Lord.
- NASB ¶I hate those who devote themselves to worthless idols, But I trust in the Lord.
- NLT I hate those who worship worthless idols. I trust in the Lord.
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- Jonah 2:8Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
- Ps 26:5I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.
- Ps 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
- Jer 10:15They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they will perish.
- 1 Cor 10:20But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God, and I don’t desire that you would have fellowship with demons.
- Jer 10:8But they are together brutish and foolish, instructed by idols! It is just wood.
- 1 Cor 8:4Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
- John 2:8He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the ruler of the feast.” So they took it.
- 1 Chr 16:28–29Ascribe to Yahweh, you relatives of the peoples, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength!
- Ps 96:7–9Ascribe to Yahweh, you families of nations, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.
- Rom 1:21Because, knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.
- Ps 139:2You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
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