11 translations · Hebrew

Psalm 34:9

Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.

World English Bible

Psalm 34:9 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
KJV King James Version
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
ASV American Standard Version
Oh fear Jehovah, ye his saints; For there is no want to them that fear him.
LSV Literal Standard Version
Fear YHWH, you His holy ones, || For there is no lack to those fearing Him.
FBV Free Bible Version
Show your reverence for the Lord, you who are his holy people, for those who respect him have everything they need.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Fear Jehovah, ye His holy ones, For there is no lack to those fearing Him.
DBY Darby Translation
Fear Jehovah, ye his saints; for there is no want to them that fear him.
WBT Webster’s Bible
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
Oh fear the LORD, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 33:10 in this edition
Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

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
יְר֣אוּ yə·r·’ū Fear H3372 יָרֵא to fear
אֶת־ ’eṯ- — H853 אֵת [Obj.]
יְהוָ֣ה Yah·weh the LORD H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD
קְדֹשָׁ֑יו qə·ḏō·šāw you His saints H6918 קָדוֹשׁ holy
כִּי־ kî- for H3588 כִּי for
אֵ֥ין ’ên nothing H369 אַ֫יִן nothing
מַ֝חְס֗וֹר maḥ·sō·wr lack H4270 מַחְסוֹר need
לִירֵאָֽיו׃ lî·rê·’āw those who fear Him H3373 יָרֵא afraid
  • Romans 8:32

    He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?

  • Philippians 4:19

    My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

  • Psalm 23:1

    Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

  • Luke 12:30–32

    For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things. But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you. Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

  • Psalm 31:23

    Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints! Yahweh preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.

  • Genesis 22:12

    He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

  • Psalm 89:7

    a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

  • Revelation 15:3–4

    They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations. Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”

  • Psalm 22:23

    You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!

  • Isaiah 8:13–14

    Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread. He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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

In context

7 Yahweh’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

8 Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

9 Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.

10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.

11 Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

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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