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Tuesday, November 26th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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King James Version

Psalms 119:37

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Instruction;   Vanity;   Thompson Chain Reference - Blindness-Vision;   Earthly;   Eyes, Guarded;   Vision;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Eye, the;   Vanity;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Law;   Letters;   Vanity;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Way;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Commentary;   Love to God;   Union to Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Judgments of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ezra;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   Ain;   Aleph;   Beth;   Joy;   Pharisees;   Prayer;   Psalms;   Regeneration;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Vanity;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Testimony;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;   Scripture;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Quick;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word.
English Revised Version
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, and quicken me in thy ways.
Update Bible Version
Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, And quicken me in your ways.
New Century Version
Keep me from looking at worthless things. Let me live by your word.
New English Translation
Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! Revive me with your word!
Webster's Bible Translation
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; [and] revive thou me in thy way.
World English Bible
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
Amplified Bible
Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine], And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.
English Standard Version
Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Turne thou awei myn iyen, that `tho seen not vanyte; quykene thou me in thi weie.
Berean Standard Bible
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
Contemporary English Version
Take away my foolish desires, and let me find life by walking with you.
American Standard Version
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
Bible in Basic English
Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.
Complete Jewish Bible
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; with your ways, give me life.
Darby Translation
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
Easy-to-Read Version
Don't let me look at worthless things. Help me live your way.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, and quicken me in Thy ways.
King James Version (1611)
Turne away mine eyes from beholding vanitie: and quicken thou me in thy way.
New Life Bible
Turn my eyes away from things that have no worth, and give me new life because of Your ways.
New Revised Standard
Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; give me life in your ways.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
George Lamsa Translation
Turn away mine eyes that they may not behold falsehood; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Good News Translation
Keep me from paying attention to what is worthless; be good to me, as you have promised.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(118-37) Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.
Revised Standard Version
Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; and give me life in thy ways.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Turne away myne eyes, lest they beholde vanitie: cause me to lyue in thy way.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way.
Christian Standard Bible®
Turn my eyesfrom looking at what is worthless;give me life in your ways.
Hebrew Names Version
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
Lexham English Bible
Turn away my eyes from looking at what is worthless; revive me in your ways.
Literal Translation
Turn my eyes from seeing vanity; in Your way give me life.
Young's Literal Translation
Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O turne awaye myne eyes, lest they beholde vanite, & quicke me in thy waie.
New American Standard Bible
Turn my eyes away from looking at what is worthless, And revive me in Your ways.
New King James Version
Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things,And revive me in Your way. [fn]
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, And revive me in Your ways.
Legacy Standard Bible
Cause my eyes to turn away from looking at worthlessness,And revive me in Your ways.

Contextual Overview

37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Turn: Heb. Make to pass, Numbers 15:39, Joshua 7:21, 2 Samuel 11:2, Job 31:1, Proverbs 4:25, Proverbs 23:5, Isaiah 33:15, Matthew 5:28, 1 John 2:16

quicken: Psalms 119:25, Psalms 119:40

Reciprocal: Genesis 39:7 - cast Judges 14:1 - Timnath Psalms 80:18 - quicken Psalms 101:3 - set Psalms 119:29 - Remove Psalms 143:11 - Quicken Proverbs 17:24 - the eyes Proverbs 23:31 - General Proverbs 30:8 - Remove Ecclesiastes 2:10 - whatsoever Ecclesiastes 5:11 - they Jeremiah 22:17 - thine eyes Ezekiel 23:16 - as soon as she saw them with her eyes Mark 9:47 - thine Luke 12:15 - Take Romans 7:21 - evil Colossians 3:2 - Set

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity,.... As the things of this world, the riches, honours, and pleasures of it, which are all vanity and vexation of spirit; and yet these catch the eye, and allure the heart: and all false doctrines, glided over with the specious pretence of truth; and all false worship and superstition, set off with pomp and pageantry, with which the eyes of the body or the eyes of the mind are taken, and by which the heart is ensnared; and therefore it is desirable to have the eyes turned away from such objects unto better;

[and] quicken thou me in thy way; so as to walk and even run in the path of truth, in the way of true religion and godliness; and, instead of looking upon vanity, press towards the mark for the prize; keep Christ in view, while running the race; and look to things unseen, and not things that are seen; and set the affections on things above, and serve the Lord fervently; all which is done when God quickens the hearts of his people, and the graces of his Spirit in them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity - Vain things; wicked things; things which would be likely to lead me astray from what is real and true. Compare Isaiah 33:15; Job 31:1. Margin, here, as in Hebrew, “make to pass.” Make my eyes to pass rapidly from such objects, that I may not look at them, may not contemplate them, may not dwell upon them. There is danger in looking on sin steadily; in surveying its features; in returning to contemplate it. An ugly object loses much of its deformity when we look often upon it; and this is a benevolent law, lest we should be miserable when we are under a necessity of looking on it. Sin follows this general law, and is to be avoided altogether, even in its contemplation, if we would be safe. A man should be thankful in this world that he has eyelids; and as he can close his eyes, so he should often do it.

And quicken thou me in thy way - Endow me with life, energy, vigor, that I may walk in thy way.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 119:37. From beholding vanity — An idol, worldly pleasure, beauty, finery; any thing that is vain, empty, or transitory. Let me not behold it; let me not dwell upon it. Let me remember Achan: he saw, - he coveted, - he took, - he hid his theft, and was slain for his sin.


 
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