11 translations · Hebrew

Psalm 27:13

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.

World English Bible

Psalm 27:13 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.
KJV King James Version
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
ASV American Standard Version
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living.
LSV Literal Standard Version
I had not believed to look on the goodness of YHWH || In the land of the living!
FBV Free Bible Version
However, I'm absolutely sure that I will see the Lord's goodness even in this life.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!
DBY Darby Translation
Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living...!
WBT Webster’s Bible
I had fainted , unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 26:13 in this edition
I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

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
לׅׄוּלֵׅׄ֗אׅׄ lū·lē Still H3884 לוּלֵא unless
הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי he·’ĕ·man·tî I am certain H539 אָמַן be faithful
לִרְא֥וֹת lir·’ō·wṯ to see H7200 רָאָה to see: see
בְּֽטוּב־ bə·ṭūḇ- the goodness H2898 טוּב goodness
יְהוָ֗ה Yah·weh of the LORD H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ bə·’e·reṣ in the land H776 אֶ֫רֶץ land: country/planet
חַיִּֽים׃ ḥay·yîm of the living H2416 חַי alive
  • 2 Corinthians 4:16

    Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

  • Psalm 142:5

    I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

  • Psalm 56:3

    When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:8–14

    We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed; always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. …

  • Psalm 31:19

    Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

  • Psalm 56:13

    For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

  • Psalm 42:5

    Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.

  • Psalm 116:9–11

    I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living. I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.” I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”

  • Ephesians 2:8

    for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

  • Job 28:13

    Man doesn’t know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

11 Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.

12 Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

13 I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.

14 Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

Read all of Psalm 27 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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