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King James Version

Psalms 119:46

I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Decision;   Instruction;   Testimony;   Word of God;   Thompson Chain Reference - Power;   Testimony, Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Missionaries, All Christians Should Be as;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Law;   Letters;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Delight;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Commentary;   Love to God;   Union to Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Judgments of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ezra;   Meshach;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Waw;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   Ain;   Aleph;   Beth;   Joy;   Liberty;   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;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 8;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will speak of your decrees before kingsand not be ashamed.
Hebrew Names Version
I will also speak of your statutes before kings, And will not be put to shame.
English Standard Version
I will also speak of your testimonies before kings and shall not be put to shame,
New Century Version
I will discuss your rules with kings and will not be ashamed.
New English Translation
I will speak about your regulations before kings and not be ashamed.
Amplified Bible
I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings And shall not be ashamed.
New American Standard Bible
I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings And shall not be ashamed.
World English Bible
I will also speak of your statutes before kings, And will not be put to shame.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.
Legacy Standard Bible
I will also speak of Your testimonies before kingsAnd I shall not be ashamed.
Berean Standard Bible
I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
Contemporary English Version
and I trust them so much that I tell them to kings.
Complete Jewish Bible
I will speak of your instructions even to kings without being ashamed.
Darby Translation
And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed;
Easy-to-Read Version
I will discuss your rules with kings, and no one will embarrass me.
George Lamsa Translation
I will speak truthfully before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Good News Translation
I will announce your commands to kings and I will not be ashamed.
Lexham English Bible
And I will speak of your testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Literal Translation
And I will speak of Your Testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I wil speake of thy testimonies euen before kynges, and wil not be ashamed.
American Standard Version
I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.
Bible in Basic English
So that I may give knowledge of your unchanging word before kings, and not be put to shame.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I will also speak of Thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed.
King James Version (1611)
I will speake of thy testimonies also before kings, & wil not be ashamed.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I wyll also speake of thy testimonies before kinges: & I will not be ashamed.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.
English Revised Version
I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y spak of thi witnessyngis in the siyt of kingis; and Y was not schent.
Update Bible Version
I will also speak of your testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.
Webster's Bible Translation
I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
New King James Version
I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, And will not be ashamed.
New Living Translation
I will speak to kings about your laws, and I will not be ashamed.
New Life Bible
I will speak of Your Law in front of kings and will not be ashamed.
New Revised Standard
I will also speak of your decrees before kings, and shall not be put to shame;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
That I may speak of thy testimonies before kings, and not be ashamed.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(118-46) And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.
Revised Standard Version
I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, and shall not be put to shame;
Young's Literal Translation
And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings And shall not be ashamed.

Contextual Overview

45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. 47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

speak: Psalms 138:1, Daniel 3:16-18, Daniel 4:1-3, Daniel 4:25-27, Matthew 10:18, Matthew 10:19, Acts 26:1, Acts 26:2, Acts 26:24-29

will not: Mark 8:38, Romans 1:16, Philippians 1:20, 2 Timothy 1:8, 2 Timothy 1:16, 1 Peter 4:14-16, 1 John 2:28

Reciprocal: Genesis 47:10 - General Exodus 5:1 - and told Deuteronomy 6:7 - shalt talk Judges 5:3 - O ye kings 2 Chronicles 34:18 - And Shaphan read Ezra 5:11 - We are Psalms 107:32 - in the congregation Psalms 119:13 - I declared Psalms 119:172 - tongue Daniel 4:27 - let Daniel 5:17 - I will read Daniel 5:22 - thou Matthew 10:32 - confess me Luke 12:8 - Whosoever Acts 24:14 - I confess Acts 27:35 - in Colossians 4:6 - your 1 Peter 3:15 - and be

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings,.... As very likely he did before Saul and his courtiers, before the king of Achish and the princes of the Philistines, when as yet he was not a king himself; and when he was come to the throne, such kings as came to visit him, instead of talking with them about affairs of state, he spoke of the Scriptures, and of the excellent things they bear witness of; and such a practice he determined to pursue and continue in;

and will not be ashamed; of the testimonies of God, and of the truths contained in them; and of speaking of them and for them; or of being reproached and vilified on that account. So the Apostle Paul was a chosen vessel to bear the name of Christ before kings; nor was he ashamed to speak of him and of his Gospel before Nero the Roman emperor, Agrippa king of the Jews, and before Felix and Festus, Roman governors; nor ashamed of the reproaches and afflictions he endured on that account.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings ... - In the presence of men of most elevated rank. I will not be ashamed to avow my belief in thy word before those in power - whether friendly or unfriendly to thee and to thy cause. I will not disguise my belief in thy truth with any desire to secure their favor; I will not be intimidated from expressing my faith by any dread of their frowns. Compare Matthew 10:18-19; Acts 4:19; Acts 5:29; Acts 26:2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 119:46. I will speak - before kings — Dr. Delaney supposes that this is spoken in reference to Achish, king of Gath, whom David had instructed in the Jewish religion; but we have already seen that it is most likely that the Psalm was compiled under the Babylonish captivity. But the words may with more propriety be referred to the case of Daniel, and other bold and faithful Israelites, who spoke courageously before Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, and Darius. See the books of Daniel, Ezra, and Nehemiah.


 
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