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Psalms 34:20

He keeps all his bones; Not one of them is broken.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Bones;   Jesus, the Christ;   Quotations and Allusions;   Thompson Chain Reference - Afflicted, Promises, Divine;   Afflictions;   Divine;   God's;   Keeper, Divine;   Overshadowing Providence;   Promises, Divine;   Providence, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - Jesus Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflicted Saints;   Afflictions Made Beneficial;   Prophecies Respecting Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abimelech;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Achish;   Acrostic;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Legs ;   Necessity;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - David ;   Lord's Table, the;   ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abimelech;   Achish;   Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for December 19;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
For the Lord protects the bones of the righteous; not one of them is broken!
English Revised Version
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Update Bible Version
He keeps all his bones: Not one of them is broken.
New Century Version
He will protect their very bones; not one of them will be broken.
New English Translation
He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.
Webster's Bible Translation
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
World English Bible
He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.
English Standard Version
He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord kepith alle the boonys of hem; oon of tho schal not be brokun.
Berean Standard Bible
He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.
Contemporary English Version
Not one of their bones will ever be broken.
American Standard Version
He keepeth all his bones: Not one of them is broken.
Bible in Basic English
He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Complete Jewish Bible
The righteous person suffers many evils, but Adonai rescues him out of them all.
Darby Translation
He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.
Easy-to-Read Version
He will protect them completely. Not one of their bones will be broken.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Many are the ills of the righteous, but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
King James Version (1611)
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
New Life Bible
He keeps all his bones safe. Not one of them is broken.
New Revised Standard
He keeps all their bones; not one of them will be broken.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
George Lamsa Translation
He keeps all his bones, not one of them is broken.
Good News Translation
the Lord preserves them completely; not one of their bones is broken.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Keeping all his bones, Not, one from among them, is broken.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(33-21) The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.
Revised Standard Version
He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He kepeth all his bones: so that no one of them is broken.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He keeps all their bones: not one of them shall be broken.
Christian Standard Bible®
He protects all his bones;not one of them is broken.
Hebrew Names Version
He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.
King James Version
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Lexham English Bible
He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.
Literal Translation
keeping all His bones; not one of them is broken.
Young's Literal Translation
He is keeping all his bones, One of them hath not been broken.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He kepeth all their bones, so yt not one of them is broken.
THE MESSAGE
He's your bodyguard, shielding every bone; not even a finger gets broken.
New American Standard Bible
He protects all his bones, Not one of them is broken.
New King James Version
He guards all his bones; Not one of them is broken.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He keeps all his bones, Not one of them is broken.
Legacy Standard Bible
He keeps all his bones,Not one of them is broken.

Contextual Overview

11Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you to fear the LORD [with awe-inspired reverence and worship Him with obedience]. 12Who is the man who desires life And loves many days, that he may see good? 13Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit. 14Turn away from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. 15The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous [those with moral courage and spiritual integrity] And His ears are open to their cry. 16The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, To cut off the memory of them from the earth. 17When the righteous cry [for help], the LORD hears And rescues them from all their distress and troubles. 18The LORD is near to the heartbroken And He saves those who are crushed in spirit (contrite in heart, truly sorry for their sin). 19Many hardships and perplexing circumstances confront the righteous, But the LORD rescues him from them all. 20He keeps all his bones; Not one of them is broken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 35:10, Psalms 91:12, Daniel 6:22-24, John 19:36

Reciprocal: Psalms 37:24 - Though Matthew 4:6 - lest

Cross-References

Genesis 22:17
indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies [by conquering them].
Genesis 23:10
Now Ephron was present there among the sons of Heth; so within the hearing of all the sons of Heth and all who were entering the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, saying,
Deuteronomy 17:5
then you shall bring that man or that woman who has done this evil thing to the gates [of your city] and you shall stone the man or the woman to death.
Ruth 4:1
Then Boaz went up to the city gate [where business and legal matters were settled] and sat down, and then the close relative (redeemer) of whom Boaz had spoken came by. He said to him, "Come over here, friend, and sit down." So he came and sat down.
2 Samuel 15:2
He would get up early and stand beside the road to the gate [of the city, where court was held]; and when any man who had a dispute came to the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him, "From what city are you?" And he would say, "Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel."
Job 29:7
"When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat [as a city father] in the square,
Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is known in the [city's] gates, When he sits among the elders of the land.
Amos 5:10
They hate the one who reprimands [the unrighteous] in the [court held at the city] gate [regarding him as unreasonable and rejecting his reprimand], And they detest him who speaks [the truth] with integrity and honesty.
Amos 5:12
For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great (shocking, innumerable), You who distress the righteous and take bribes, And turn away from the poor in the [court of the city] gate [depriving them of justice].
Amos 5:15
Hate evil and love good, And establish justice in the [court of the city] gate. Perhaps the LORD God of hosts Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph [that is, those who remain after God's judgment].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken. This is literally true of Christ, in whom the type of the passover lamb had its accomplishment, and this passage also; see Exodus 12:46; and seems better to agree with him than with any of his members, since the bones of many of them have been broken by one accident or another; and especially many of the martyrs of Jesus have had all their bones broken upon the rack or wheel; wherefore, to understand these words of them might tend to create uneasiness and despondency in the minds of such who by any means have their bones broken; as if they were not righteous persons, this promise not being fulfilled in them: and to interpret this of the Lord's keeping the bones of his people in the grave, and in the resurrection putting them together again; this is no other than what will be done to the wicked; it seems therefore best to understand the whole of Christ; and it looks as if this passage was had in view as fulfilled in John 19:36; since a Scripture is referred to; but if it is interpreted of the righteous in general, it must be with a limitation; as that their bones are all kept by the Lord, and not one is broken without his knowledge and will; and that they are not broken finally, but restored again perfect and whole in the resurrection, and so will continue to all eternity: the phrase, without entering into particulars, may in general design the care of Providence over the righteous; with this compare Matthew 10:29.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He keepeth all his bones - That is, he preserves or guards the righteous.

Not one of them is broken - Perhaps there is a direct and immediate allusion here to what the psalmist had himself experienced. In His dangers God had preserved him, so that he had escaped without a broken bone. But the statement is more general, and is designed to convey a truth in respect to the usual and proper effect of religion, or to denote the advantage, in reference to personal safety in the dangers of this life, derived from religion. The language is of a general character, such as often occurs in the Scriptures, and it should, in all fairness, be so construed. It cannot mean that the bones of a righteous man are never broken, or that the fact that a man has a broken bone proves that he is not righteous; but it means that, as a general principle, religion conduces to safety, or that the righteous are under the protection of God. Compare Matthew 10:30-31. Nothing more can be demanded in the fair interpretation of the language than this.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 34:20. He keepeth all his bones — He takes care of his life; and if he have scars, they are honourable ones.


 
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