11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 1:2
but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.
Psalm 1:2 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.
- KJV King James Version
- But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- But his delight [is] in the Law of YHWH, || And in His law he meditates by day and by night:
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Instead they love to do what the law of the Lord says, and they think about it day and night.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- But — in the law of Jehovah [is] his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:
- DBY Darby Translation
- But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֤י | kî | But | H3588 כִּי for |
| אִ֥ם | ’im | — | H518 אִם if |
| בְּתוֹרַ֥ת | bə·ṯō·w·raṯ | [is] in the Law | H8451 תּוֹרָה instruction |
| יְהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | of the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| חֶ֫פְצ֥וֹ | ḥep̄·ṣōw | his delight | H2656 חֵ֫פֶץ pleasure |
| וּֽבְתוֹרָת֥וֹ | ū·ḇə·ṯō·w·rā·ṯōw | and on His law | H8451 תּוֹרָה instruction |
| יֶהְגֶּ֗ה | yeh·geh | he meditates | H1897 הָגָה to mutter |
| יוֹמָ֥ם | yō·w·mām | day | H3119 יוֹמָם by day |
| וָלָֽיְלָה׃ | wā·lā·yə·lāh | and night | H3915 לַ֫יְלָה night |
Related verses
- Joshua 1:8
This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
- Psalm 119:92
Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
- Psalm 119:11
I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
- Romans 7:22
For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,
- Psalm 119:97–99
How I love your law! It is my meditation all day. Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
- Psalm 119:15–16
I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways. I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.
- Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.
- Psalm 119:35
Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
- Psalm 104:34
Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.
- Psalm 112:1
Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
2 but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.
3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
4 The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Read all of Psalm 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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