Psalms 147:20
What does Psalms 147:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 147:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He hath not dealt so with any nation; And as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise ye Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He hath not dealt so with any nation; And as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise ye Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He has not done these things for any other nation: and as for his laws, they have no knowledge of them. Let the Lord be praised.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862He hath not done so to any nation, As to judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye Jah!
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Not available in this translation
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for [his] judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah!
Context
v.19He showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel.
v.20This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ephesians 2:12
that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
- Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
- Deuteronomy 4:7
For what great nation is there, that hath a god so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is whensoever we call upon him?
- Deuteronomy 4:32
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
- Matthew 21:33
Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
- Acts 14:16
who in the generations gone by suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways.
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