Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.
Parallel translations
- KJV And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
- BSB May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!
- NKJV And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.
- NASB May the kindness of the Lord our God be upon us; And confirm for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm the work of our hands.
- NLT And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful!
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Cross-references & the web
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- Prov 16:3Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.
- 1 Cor 3:7So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
- Job 22:28You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.
- 2 Th 2:16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
- Isa 26:12Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.
- Ps 118:25Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now.
- Ps 68:28Your God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us.
- Ps 80:7Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
- Ps 80:3Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
- Ps 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.
- 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
- Ps 27:4One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
- Ps 110:3Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
- 2 Cor 3:18But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
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