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King James Version

Psalms 119:4

Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Instruction;   Law;   Obedience;   The Topic Concordance - Praise;   Shame;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Law;   Letters;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Commentary;   Love to God;   Union to Christ;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   Ain;   Aleph;   Beth;   Joy;   Pharisees;   Prayer;   Psalms;   Regeneration;   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 - Precept;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
You have charged us to keep your commandments carefully.
English Revised Version
Thou hast commanded us thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently.
Update Bible Version
You have commanded [us] your precepts, That we should observe them diligently.
New Century Version
Lord , you gave your orders to be obeyed completely.
New English Translation
You demand that your precepts be carefully kept.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently.
World English Bible
You have commanded your precepts, That we should fully obey them.
Amplified Bible
You have ordained Your precepts, That we should follow them with [careful] diligence.
English Standard Version
You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou hast comaundid; that thin heestis be kept greetly.
Berean Standard Bible
You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
Contemporary English Version
You have ordered us always to obey your teachings;
American Standard Version
Thou hast commanded us thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.
Bible in Basic English
You have put your orders into our hearts, so that we might keep them with care.
Complete Jewish Bible
You laid down your precepts for us to observe with care.
Darby Translation
Thou hast enjoined thy precepts, to be kept diligently.
Easy-to-Read Version
Lord, you gave us your instructions and told us to always obey them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou hast ordained Thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently.
King James Version (1611)
Thou hast commaunded vs to keepe thy precepts diligently.
New Life Bible
You have set down Laws that we should always obey.
New Revised Standard
You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou hast commaunded to keepe thy precepts diligently.
George Lamsa Translation
Thou hast commanded them to keep thy precepts diligently.
Good News Translation
Lord , you have given us your laws and told us to obey them faithfully.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou, hast commanded thy precepts, that they should be diligently kept.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(118-4) Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently.
Revised Standard Version
Thou hast commanded thy precepts to be kept diligently.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou hast geuen charge: that we shoulde diligently kepe thy commaundementes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thou hast commanded us diligently to keep thy precepts.
Christian Standard Bible®
You have commanded that your preceptsbe diligently kept.
Hebrew Names Version
You have commanded your precepts, That we should fully obey them.
Lexham English Bible
You have commanded your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
Literal Translation
You have commanded to carefully keep Your Precepts.
Young's Literal Translation
Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou hast geuen strayte charge to kepe thy commaundementes.
New American Standard Bible
You have ordained Your precepts, That we are to keep them diligently.
New King James Version
You have commanded us To keep Your precepts diligently.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
You have ordained Your precepts, That we should keep them diligently.
Legacy Standard Bible
You have commanded us,To keep Your precepts diligently.

Contextual Overview

4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 5:29-33, Deuteronomy 6:17, Deuteronomy 11:13, Deuteronomy 11:22, Deuteronomy 12:32, Deuteronomy 28:1-14, Deuteronomy 30:16, Joshua 1:7, Jeremiah 7:23, Matthew 28:20, John 14:15, John 14:21, Philippians 4:8, Philippians 4:9, 1 John 5:3

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:6 - General Leviticus 18:4 - General Leviticus 19:37 - General Deuteronomy 8:1 - General Joshua 22:5 - take 1 Chronicles 28:8 - keep Ezra 7:23 - let it be Ezekiel 11:20 - they may Ezekiel 44:5 - and mark well Matthew 26:41 - the spirit Galatians 5:17 - so 1 Timothy 5:10 - if she have diligently 2 Peter 1:5 - giving 1 John 2:5 - whoso

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently. Here, and in the following verses, the psalmist expresses his great regard to the precepts, commandments, statutes, and judgments of God; and that as such, because they were commanded by him; were not the precepts of men, but the commands of God; who had a right to command, as Creator, Preserver, Redeemer, and King; and whose commands are not to be reckoned as indifferent things, that are at the option and choice of a creature, to be done or let alone at his pleasure; but are what God has enjoined, and are binding upon men; and which love should and does constrain the saints to have a regard unto, and to keep them diligently or vehemently; with all a man's might and strength, as the word is used in Deuteronomy 6:5. These are not at any time to be dispensed with, but, to be kept always constantly and steadily.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hast commanded - All this is here traced to the command of God; to the fact that he has required it. It is not mere human prudence; it is not mere morality; it is not because it will be for our interest; it is because God requires it. This is the foundation of all true virtue; and until a man acts from this motive it cannot be said that he is in the proper sense a righteous man.

To keep thy precepts diligently - Hebrew, “very much;” that is, to do it constantly; faithfully. Each one of his laws is to be observed, and to be observed always, and in all circumstances.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 119:4. Thy precepts diligently. — מאד meod, "superlatively, to the uttermost." God has never given a commandment, the observance of which he knew to be impossible. And to whatsoever he has commanded he requires obedience; and his grace is sufficient for us. We must not trifle with God.


 
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