11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 27:14
Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
Psalm 27:14 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
- KJV King James Version
- Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
- ASV American Standard Version
- Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Look to YHWH—be strong, || And He strengthens your heart, || Indeed, look to YHWH!
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Trust in the Lord! Be confident—he will give you courage! Trust in the Lord!
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Look unto Jehovah — be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!
- DBY Darby Translation
- Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he will strengthen thy heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 26:14 in this edition
- Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| קַוֵּ֗ה | qaw·wêh | Wait patiently | H6960 קָוָה to await |
| אֶל־ | ’el- | for | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| יְה֫וָ֥ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| חֲ֭זַק | ḥă·zaq | be strong | H2388 חָזַק to strengthen: strengthen |
| וְיַאֲמֵ֣ץ | wə·ya·’ă·mêṣ | and courageous | H553 אָמֵץ to strengthen |
| לִבֶּ֑ךָ | lib·be·ḵā | — | H3820 לֵב heart |
| וְ֝קַוֵּ֗ה | wə·qaw·wêh | Wait patiently | H6960 קָוָה to await |
| אֶל־ | ’el- | for | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
Related verses
- Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
- Psalm 31:24
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh.
- Isaiah 30:18
Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
- Psalm 130:5
I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
- Psalm 37:34
Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
- Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
- Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.
- Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me. Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
- Psalm 62:5
My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
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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