11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 147:3
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
Psalm 147:3 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
- KJV King James Version
- He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
- ASV American Standard Version
- He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, || And is binding up their griefs.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- He heals the broken-hearted, and bandages the wounded.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 146:3 in this edition
- Who healeth the broken of heart, and bindeth up their bruises.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| הָ֭רֹפֵא | hā·rō·p̄ê | He heals | H7495 רָפָא to heal |
| לִשְׁב֣וּרֵי | liš·ḇū·rê | the brokenhearted | H7665 שָׁבַר to break |
| לֵ֑ב | lêḇ | — | H3820 לֵב heart |
| וּ֝מְחַבֵּ֗שׁ | ū·mə·ḥab·bêš | and binds | H2280 חָבַשׁ to saddle/tie |
| לְעַצְּבוֹתָֽם׃ | lə·‘aṣ·ṣə·ḇō·w·ṯām | up their wounds | H6094 עַצֶּ֫בֶת injury |
Related verses
- Psalm 34:18
Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
- Job 5:18
For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.
- Jeremiah 33:6
‘Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.
- Isaiah 61:1
The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;
- Luke 4:18
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
- Hosea 6:1–2
“Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds. After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
- Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
- Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Malachi 4:2
But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
- Ezekiel 34:16
“I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice.”’
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
2 Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
4 He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
Read all of Psalm 147 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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