Psalms 37:31

Amplified Bible

The law of his God is in his heart; Not one of his steps will slip.

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For the Lawe of his God is in his heart, and his steppes shall not slide.

Christian Standard Bible®
The instruction of his God is in his heart;his steps do not falter.

Hebrew Names Version
The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

Easy-to-Read Version
They have learned God's teachings, and they will never stop living right.

American Standard Version
The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide.

Contemporary English Version
They remember God's teachings, and they never take a wrong step.

Complete Jewish Bible
The Torah of his God is in his heart; his footsteps do not falter.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps slide.

King James Version (1611)
The Law of his God is in his heart: none of his steps shall slide.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The law of his God is in his heart; and his steps shall not slide.

English Revised Version
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

Berean Standard Bible
The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.

Lexham English Bible
The law of his God is in his heart. His steps will not slip.

Literal Translation
The Law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slide.

New Century Version
The teachings of their God are in their heart, so they do not fail to keep them.

New English Translation
The law of their God controls their thinking; their feet do not slip.

New King James Version
The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide.

New Living Translation
They have made God's law their own, so they will never slip from his path.

New Life Bible
The Law of his God is in his heart. His steps do not leave it.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The law of his God, is in his heart, his steps shall not swerve.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(36-31) The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted.

George Lamsa Translation
The law of God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

Good News Translation
They keep the law of their God in their hearts and never depart from it.

New American Standard Bible
The Law of his God is in his heart; His steps do not slip.

King James Version
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The lawe of his God is in his heart: therfore his feete shall not slide.

New Revised Standard
The law of their God is in their hearts; their steps do not slip.

Darby Translation
the law of his God is in his heart; his goings shall not slide.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The lawe of his God is in his herte; and hise steppis schulen not be disseyued.

Young's Literal Translation
The law of his God [is] his heart, His steps do not slide.

World English Bible
The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

Revised Standard Version
The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.

Update Bible Version
The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide.

Webster's Bible Translation
The law of his God [is] in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

Bible in Basic English
The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The mouth of the rightuous is exercised in wy?dome, & his toge talketh of iudgment.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The law of his God is in his heart; His steps do not slip.

Legacy Standard Bible
The law of his God is in his heart;His steps do not slip.

Contextual Overview

²¹The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous is gracious and kind and gives. ²²For those blessed by God will [at last] inherit the land, But those cursed by Him will be cut off. ²³The steps of a [good and righteous] man are directed and established by the LORD, And He delights in his way [and blesses his path]. ²⁴When he falls, he will not be hurled down, Because the LORD is the One who holds his hand and sustains him. ²⁵I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned Or his descendants pleading for bread. ²⁶All day long he is gracious and lends, And his descendants are a blessing. ²⁷Depart from evil and do good; And you will dwell [securely in the land] forever. ²⁸For the LORD delights in justice And does not abandon His saints (faithful ones); They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked will [in time] be cut off. ²⁹The righteous will inherit the land And live in it forever. ³⁰The mouth of the righteous proclaims wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice and truth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

law: Psalms 1:2, Psalms 40:3, Psalms 40:8, Psalms 119:11, Psalms 119:98, Deuteronomy 6:6, Deuteronomy 11:18-20, Proverbs 4:4, Isaiah 51:7, Jeremiah 31:33, Hebrews 8:10

none: Psalms 37:23, Psalms 121:3

steps: or, goings, Psalms 17:5, Psalms 40:2, Psalms 44:18, *marg. Psalms 73:2, Job 23:11, Proverbs 14:15, Ezekiel 27:6, *marg.

Reciprocal: Joshua 1:8 - book Job 33:3 - my lips Psalms 26:1 - I shall Proverbs 2:8 - and Proverbs 3:23 - General Proverbs 10:11 - mouth of a Proverbs 15:26 - but Proverbs 16:23 - heart Matthew 12:35 - good man Luke 6:45 - good man Ephesians 4:29 - that which Colossians 4:6 - your

Cross-References

Genesis 37:3
Now Israel (Jacob) loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a [distinctive] multicolored tunic.

Genesis 37:23
Now when Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the [distinctive] multicolored tunic which he was wearing;

Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But whoever confesses and turns away from his sins will find compassion and mercy.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The law of his God [is] in his heart,.... Which may be understood of the moral law, which was written in the heart of Adam an his creation, and continued there during his state of innocence, but was greatly obliterated by sin: there are some remains of it in fallen man, even in the very Gentiles; who, though without the law, do some things contained in it, which shows the work of it to be written in them; though in some it is scarcely legible, having lost all distinction between good and evil: but in regeneration the law of God is reinscribed, according to the promise of the covenant of grace,

Jeremiah 31:33; and such have a real knowledge of the spirituality and perfection of it; of the impossibility of justification by it; and of Christ being the fulfilling end of it: and they have a strong affection for it; they love it; and delight in it after the inward man, and serve it with their minds; in which lies part of their conformity to Christ, and is a branch of their character as good men; see Psalms 40:8; moreover, the word תורת, here used, signifies any doctrine or instruction, and is sometimes used for the doctrine of the Gospel, Isaiah 2:3, and may have this sense here, and the meaning be, that that has a place in the hearts or righteous men, dwells richly there, and works effectually in them; and particularly the doctrine of grace which relates to covenant interest in God; for it is the law or doctrine of "his God" that is in his heart;

none of his steps shall slide; not that he shall never slip nor fall; for that is supposed Psalms 37:24; but he shall never finally and totally go out of the paths of truth, holiness, and righteousness: the Lord keeps the feet of his saints, and orders their steps, and directs them in the way they should go, and preserves them in it; and enables them to walk uprightly, according to the rule of the divine word, and in all his commandments and ordinances; and to hold on and out unto the end: or the clause may be rendered, "it", the law, "shall not cause his steps to slide" b; neither the law of God, nor the Gospel of Christ, but shall guide him in the right way, and be a lamp unto his feet, and a light unto his path.

b תמעד אשריו "non vacillat gressus ejus", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The law of his God is in his heart - That is, he loves it; he thinks of it; he makes it the inward rule of his conduct: Deuteronomy 6:6; Psalms 40:8 The word “law” here is a general term for the truth of God - for all that he has revealed to guide men. As long as that truth is in the heart; as long as it is the object of love; as long as it is suffered to guide and control us, so long will our words and conduct be right.

None of his steps shall slide - Margin, “goings.” The idea is, that his course will be firm and steady. He will not fall into sin, and his life will be prosperous and happy. This is in accordance with the general sentiment in the psalm, that religion tends to promote prosperity, happiness, and length of days on the earth.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:31. The law of his God is in his heart — The Lord promised that a time should come in which he would make a new covenant with the house of Israel; he would put his laws in their minds, and in their hearts he would write them. This is fulfilled in the case above.

None of his steps shall slide. — His holy heart always dictates to his eyes, his mouth, his hands, and his feet. The precepts which direct his conduct are not only written in his Bible, but also in his heart.