Psalms 119:98
What does Psalms 119:98 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 119:98 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it <FI>is<Fi> before me to the age.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Not available in this translation
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 119:30
I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set before me.
- 1 Samuel 18:5
And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
- Psalms 119:104
Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way. נ NUN.
- James 1:25
But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
- Psalms 119:11
Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
- 1 Samuel 18:30
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
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