Psalms 19:8New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the eyes.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the eyes.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The precepts of Yahweh, are right, Rejoicing the heart, The, commandment of Yahweh, is pure, Enlightening the eyes;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— The precepts of Jehovah [are] upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah [is] pure, enlightening the eyes,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: the commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the eyes.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The statutes of the Lorde are right and reioyce the heart: the commandement of the Lord is pure, and giueth light vnto the eyes.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The Statutes of the LORD [are] right, reioycing the heart: the Commandement of the LORD [is] pure, inlightning the eyes.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The ordinances of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is bright, enlightening the eyes.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The statutes of Yahweh [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of Yahweh [is] pure, enlightening the eyes. |
The statutes
6490 {6490} Primeפִּקּוּדpiqquwd{pik-kood'}
From H6485; properly appointed, that is, a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively for the Law).
of
Yähwè
יָהוֶה
3068 {3068} PrimeיְהֹוָהY@hovah{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
[ are] right,
3477 {3477} Primeיָשָׁרyashar{yaw-shawr'}
From H3474; straight (literally or figuratively).
rejoicing
8055 {8055} Primeשָׂמַחsamach{saw-makh'}
A primitive root; probably to brighten up, that is, (figuratively) be (causatively make) blithe or gleesome.
z8764 <8764> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 685
the heart:
3820 {3820} Primeלֵבleb{labe}
A form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.
the commandment
4687 {4687} Primeמִצְוָהmitsvah{mits-vaw'}
From H6680; a command, whether human or divine (collectively the Law).
of
Yähwè
יָהוֶה
3068 {3068} PrimeיְהֹוָהY@hovah{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
[ is] pure,
1249 {1249} Primeבַּרbar{bar}
From H1305 (in its various senses); beloved; also pure, empty.
enlightening
215 {0215} Primeאוֹר'owr{ore}
A primitive root; to be (causatively make) luminous (literally and metaphorically).
z8688 <8688> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 857
the eyes.
5869 {5869} Primeעַיִן`ayin{ah'-yin}
Probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape). |
Psalms 19:8
Right — Both in themselves, and in their effect, as guiding men in the ready way to eternal happiness. Rejoicing — By the discoveries of God's love to sinful men, in offers and promises of mercy. Commandment — All his commands. Pure — Without the least mixture of error. The eyes — Of the mind, with a compleat manifestation of God's will and man's duty: both which, the works of nature, and all the writings of men discover but darkly and imperfectly. |
- statutes:
Psalms 105:45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms 119:12 Blessed [art] thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
Psalms 119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Psalms 119:171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
Genesis 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Exodus 18:16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make [them] know the statutes of God, and his laws.
Deuteronomy 4:5-6 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. ... Keep therefore and do [them]; for this [is] your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation [is] a wise and understanding people.
Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do [them].
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- right:
Psalms 119:128 Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way.
Nehemiah 9:13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
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- rejoicing:
Psalms 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.
Psalms 119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches.
Psalms 119:24 Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors.
Psalms 119:54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Psalms 119:92 Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
Psalms 119:121 AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
Psalms 119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments [are] my delights.
Deuteronomy 12:11-12 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD: ... And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that [is] within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
Deuteronomy 16:11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
Deuteronomy 16:14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] within thy gates.
Nehemiah 8:12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
Isaiah 64:5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, [those that] remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
Jeremiah 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Romans 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
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- is pure:
Psalms 12:6 The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Psalms 119:40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Romans 7:12-14 Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. ... For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
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- enlightening:
Psalms 13:3 Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
Psalms 119:98-100 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever with me. ... I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
Psalms 119:105 NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalms 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:
Romans 2:17-20 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, ... An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.
Romans 7:7 What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Galatians 2:19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
Galatians 3:10-13 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. ... Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree:
Galatians 3:21 [Is] the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
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Gn 26:5. Ex 18:16. Dt 4:5; 12:11; 16:11, 14. Ne 8:12; 9:13. Ps 12:6; 13:3; 40:8; 105:45; 119:12, 14, 16, 24, 40, 54, 80, 92, 98, 105, 121, 128, 130, 143, 171. Pv 2:6; 6:23; 30:5. Is 64:5. Jr 15:16. Ezk 36:27. Ro 2:17; 3:20; 7:7, 12, 22. Ga 2:19; 3:10, 21. |
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