Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
Parallel translations
- KJV Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
- BSB Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
- NKJV Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand.
- NASB Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.
- NLT Yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand.
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- Isa 41:13For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’
- Ps 63:8My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
- Matt 28:20teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
- Heb 13:5Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
- Ps 16:8I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
- Ps 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
- 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.”
- Isa 41:10Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Isa 42:1“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights — I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
- Ps 37:24Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.
- Ps 139:1–12For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.
- Ps 37:17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.
- Ps 139:18If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
- Gen 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
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