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Psalms 85:13

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Righteousness will go before Him And will make His footsteps into a way.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Righteousness shall go before him; and shall make his footsteps a way [to walk in].
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Righteousness shall go before him, And shall make his footsteps a way [to walk in].
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Righteousness shall go before him, and shall set his footsteps on the way.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Righteousness, before him, shall march long,—That he may make, into a way, the steps of its feet.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Righteousness before Him goeth, And maketh His footsteps for a way!
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Justice shall walk before him: and shall set his steps in the way.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Righteousnesse shall go before him, and shall set her steps in the way.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Righteousnes shall go before him: and shall set [vs] in the way of his steps.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And the righteous shall go before him; and he shall establish his ways upon the earth.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set his steps in the way.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Righteousness 6664
{6664} Prime
צֶדֶק
tsedeq
{tseh'-dek}
From H6663; the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity.
shall go 1980
{1980} Prime
הָלַךְ
halak
{haw-lak'}
Akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively).
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
before 6440
{6440} Prime
פָּנִים
paniym
{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun (פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.).
him; and shall set 7760
{7760} Prime
שׂוּם
suwm
{soom}
A primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literally, figuratively, inferentially and elliptically).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
[us] in the way 1870
{1870} Prime
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
{deh'-rek}
From H1869; a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of action, often adverbially.
of his steps. 6471
{6471} Prime
פַּעַם
pa`am
{pah'-am}
From H6470; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 85:12-13.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 85:8-13.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 85:13

Before him — As his harbinger. He shall fulfil all righteousness, he shall satisfy the righteousness of God, and shall advance righteousness and holiness among men. Set us — Shall cause us to walk in those righteous ways wherein he walketh.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 85:13

(h) Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.

(h) Justice will then flourish and have free course and passage in every place.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
Righteousness:

Psalms 72:2-3 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. ... The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
Psalms 89:14 Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Isaiah 58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.

shall set:

Psalms 119:35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Matthew 20:27-28 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: ... Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
John 13:14-16 If I then, [your] Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. ... Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Ephesians 5:1-2 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; ... And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
Philippians 2:5-8 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: ... And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Hebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, ... Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
1 Peter 2:18-24 Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. ... Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
1 Peter 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
1 John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ps 72:2; 89:14; 119:35. Is 58:8. Mt 20:27. Jn 13:14, 34. 2Co 3:18. Ga 2:20. Ep 5:1. Php 2:5. He 12:1. 1P 2:18; 4:1. 1Jn 2:6.

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