11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 34:18
Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
Psalm 34:18 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
- KJV King James Version
- The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- YHWH [is] near to the broken of heart, || And He saves the bruised of spirit.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The Lord is close beside those who are broken-hearted; he saves those whose spirits are crushed.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Near [is] Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Jehovah is nigh to those that are of a broken heart, and saveth them that are of a contrite spirit.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- The LORD is nigh to them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 33:19 in this edition
- The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| קָר֣וֹב | qā·rō·wḇ | is near to | H7138 קָרֹב near |
| יְ֭הוָה | Yah·weh | The LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־ | lə·niš·bə·rê- | the brokenhearted | H7665 שָׁבַר to break |
| לֵ֑ב | lêḇ | — | H3820 לֵב heart |
| וְֽאֶת־ | wə·’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| דַּכְּאֵי־ | dak·kə·’ê- | the contrite | H1793 דַּכָּא contrite |
| ר֥וּחַ | rū·aḥ | in spirit | H7307 רוּחַ spirit |
| יוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ | yō·wō·šî·a‘ | He saves | H3467 יָשַׁע to save |
Related verses
- Psalm 147:3
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
- Psalm 145:18
Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
- 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.
- 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;
- Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
- Ezekiel 36:26
I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
- Isaiah 66:2
For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but to this man will I look, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
- Psalm 85:9
Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
- 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,
- Isaiah 55:6
Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
16 Yahweh’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.
17 The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
20 He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.
Read all of Psalm 34 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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