Psalms 107:42

Easy-to-Read Version

Good people see this and are happy. But the wicked see it and don't know what to say.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The upright see it and rejoice,and all injustice shuts its mouth.

Hebrew Names Version
The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

King James Version
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

English Standard Version
The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.

New Century Version
Good people see this and are happy, but the wicked say nothing.

New English Translation
When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

Amplified Bible
The upright see it and rejoice; But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

New American Standard Bible
The upright see it and are glad; But all injustice shuts its mouth.

World English Bible
The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The righteous shall see it, and reioyce, and all iniquitie shall stoppe her mouth.

Legacy Standard Bible
The upright see it and are glad;But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

Berean Standard Bible
The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

Contemporary English Version
You will see this because you obey the Lord , but everyone who is wicked will be silenced.

Complete Jewish Bible
When the upright see this, they rejoice; while the wicked are reduced to silence.

Darby Translation
The upright shall see it, and rejoice; and all unrighteousness shall stop its mouth.

George Lamsa Translation
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice; and all the ungodly shall shut their mouths.

Good News Translation
The righteous see this and are glad, but all the wicked are put to silence.

Lexham English Bible
The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.

Literal Translation
The upright shall see and be glad; and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The rightuous wil cosidre this and reioyse, the mouth of all wickednesse shall be stopped.

American Standard Version
The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Bible in Basic English
The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The upright see it, and are glad; and all iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

King James Version (1611)
The righteous shall see it, and reioyce; and all iniquitie shall stop her mouth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The righteous will marke [this] and reioyce: and the mouth of all wickednesse shalbe stopped.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The upright shall see and rejoice; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

English Revised Version
The upright shall see it, and be glad; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Riytful men schulen se, and schulen be glad; and al wickidnesse schal stoppe his mouth.

Update Bible Version
The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Webster's Bible Translation
The righteous shall see [it], and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

New King James Version
The righteous see it and rejoice, And all iniquity stops its mouth.

New Living Translation
The godly will see these things and be glad, while the wicked are struck silent.

New Life Bible
Those who are right see it and are glad. But all the sinful shut their mouths.

New Revised Standard
The upright see it and are glad; and all wickedness stops its mouth.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The upright seeth and is glad, And, all perverseness, hath closed her mouth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(106-42) The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Revised Standard Version
The upright see it and are glad; and all wickedness stops its mouth.

Young's Literal Translation
The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.

THE MESSAGE
Good people see this and are glad; bad people are speechless, stopped in their tracks. If you are really wise, you'll think this over— it's time you appreciated God 's deep love.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The upright see it and are glad; But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

Contextual Overview

³³ He changed rivers into a desert. He stopped springs from flowing. ³⁴ He made the fertile land become salty, because the people living there did such evil things. ³⁵ He changed the desert into a land with pools of water. He caused springs to flow from dry ground. ³⁶ He led the hungry to that good land, and they built a city to live in. ³⁷ They planted seeds in their fields and grapes in their vineyards, and they had a good harvest. ³⁸ God blessed them with many children and plenty of animals. ³⁹ But because of disaster and troubles, their families became small and weak. ⁴⁰ God shames even great leaders and makes them wander through empty deserts. ⁴¹ But he rescues the poor from their misery. He makes their families large like flocks of sheep. ⁴² Good people see this and are happy. But the wicked see it and don't know what to say.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

righteous: Psalms 52:6, Psalms 58:10, Psalms 58:11, Job 22:19, Isaiah 66:10, Isaiah 66:11, Isaiah 66:14

iniquity: Psalms 63:11, Psalms 112:10, Exodus 11:7, Job 5:15, Job 5:16, Proverbs 10:11, Romans 3:19

Reciprocal: Psalms 37:10 - thou Psalms 64:9 - they Psalms 142:7 - the righteous Proverbs 10:6 - violence Proverbs 24:30 - went Matthew 22:12 - And he was Titus 1:11 - mouths 1 Peter 2:15 - with Revelation 18:20 - Rejoice Revelation 19:7 - be glad

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The righteous shall see it, and rejoice,.... Shall see the increase and prosperity of the saints, the glory of the church in the latter day, and rejoice at it; the judgments of God upon the wicked, upon antichristian princes and states, and rejoice on that account; see

Revelation 18:20 and the several deliverances of persons in distress before mentioned, and rejoice with them that rejoice; which is what good men ought to do, Romans 12:15.

And all iniquity shall stop her mouth; men of iniquity, very bad men, the man of sin and his followers, and all profane and atheistical persons, who will be silenced and have nothing to say against the providence of God; will be confounded, and through shame lay their hand on their mouths and be struck with admiration at the wonderful things done by the Lord for his people; nor will they have anything to say against their own condemnation.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The righteous shall see it, and rejoice - Shall see all these changes; shall see in their own case the proofs of the divine favor. They shall thus have occasion for praise.

And all iniquity shall stop her mouth - The wicked shall be silenced; they shall be dumb. The righteous shall find, in these varied scenes, occasion for praise and joy; the wicked shall be able to find no occasion for complaining or murmuring. The divine dealings shall be manifestly so just, and so worthy of universal approval, that, even though the wicked are disposed to complain against God, they will be able to find nothing which will justify them in such complaints.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 107:42. The righteous shall see it — The wicked are as inconsiderate as they are obstinate and headstrong.

And rejoice — To have such ample proofs that God ruleth in the earth, and that none that trust in him shall be desolate.

All iniquity shall stop her mouth. — God's judgments and mercies are so evident, and so distinctly marked, that atheism, infidelity, and irreligion are confounded, and the cause of error and falsehood has become hopeless. It was only the mouth that could do any thing; and that only by lies, calumnies, and blasphemies: but God closes this mouth, pours contempt upon the head and judgment upon the heart. This may also be applied to the case of the Israelites and the Babylonians. The former, when they turned to God, became righteous; the latter were a personification of all iniquity.