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 · 2000

Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it <FI>is<Fi> before me to the age.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.

Context

v.97Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

v.98This passage

v.99I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.

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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