Psalms 90:16

What does Psalms 90:16 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 90:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory upon their children.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory upon their children.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I will fill him with length of days; and I will shew him my salvation.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy majesty unto their sons.

Context

v.15Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, And the years wherein we have seen evil.

v.16This passage

v.17And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 77:12

    I will meditate also upon all thy work, And muse on thy doings.

  • Joshua 23:14

    And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof.

  • Psalms 44:1

    We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.

  • Deuteronomy 1:39

    Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

  • Numbers 14:30

    surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

  • Habakkuk 3:2

    O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.

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