Psalms 17:5
What does Psalms 17:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 17:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not been turned away.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 121:3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
- Psalms 18:36
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
- Psalms 38:16
For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
- Jeremiah 10:23
O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
- Psalms 94:18
When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
- Psalms 121:7
Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul.
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