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King James Version

Psalms 34:20

He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Bones;   Jesus, the Christ;   Quotations and Allusions;   Thompson Chain Reference - Afflicted, Promises, Divine;   Afflictions;   Divine;   God's;   Keeper, Divine;   Overshadowing Providence;   Promises, Divine;   Providence, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - Jesus Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflicted Saints;   Afflictions Made Beneficial;   Prophecies Respecting Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abimelech;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Achish;   Acrostic;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Legs ;   Necessity;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - David ;   Lord's Table, the;   ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abimelech;   Achish;   Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for December 19;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He protects all his bones;not one of them is broken.
Hebrew Names Version
He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.
English Standard Version
He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
New Century Version
He will protect their very bones; not one of them will be broken.
New English Translation
He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.
Amplified Bible
He keeps all his bones; Not one of them is broken.
New American Standard Bible
He protects all his bones, Not one of them is broken.
World English Bible
He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Legacy Standard Bible
He keeps all his bones,Not one of them is broken.
Berean Standard Bible
He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.
Contemporary English Version
Not one of their bones will ever be broken.
Complete Jewish Bible
The righteous person suffers many evils, but Adonai rescues him out of them all.
Darby Translation
He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.
Easy-to-Read Version
He will protect them completely. Not one of their bones will be broken.
George Lamsa Translation
He keeps all his bones, not one of them is broken.
Good News Translation
the Lord preserves them completely; not one of their bones is broken.
Lexham English Bible
He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.
Literal Translation
keeping all His bones; not one of them is broken.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He kepeth all their bones, so yt not one of them is broken.
American Standard Version
He keepeth all his bones: Not one of them is broken.
Bible in Basic English
He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Many are the ills of the righteous, but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
King James Version (1611)
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He kepeth all his bones: so that no one of them is broken.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He keeps all their bones: not one of them shall be broken.
English Revised Version
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord kepith alle the boonys of hem; oon of tho schal not be brokun.
Update Bible Version
He keeps all his bones: Not one of them is broken.
Webster's Bible Translation
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
New King James Version
He guards all his bones; Not one of them is broken.
New Living Translation
For the Lord protects the bones of the righteous; not one of them is broken!
New Life Bible
He keeps all his bones safe. Not one of them is broken.
New Revised Standard
He keeps all their bones; not one of them will be broken.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Keeping all his bones, Not, one from among them, is broken.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(33-21) The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.
Revised Standard Version
He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
Young's Literal Translation
He is keeping all his bones, One of them hath not been broken.
THE MESSAGE
He's your bodyguard, shielding every bone; not even a finger gets broken.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He keeps all his bones, Not one of them is broken.

Contextual Overview

11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord . 12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 16 The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. 20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 35:10, Psalms 91:12, Daniel 6:22-24, John 19:36

Reciprocal: Psalms 37:24 - Though Matthew 4:6 - lest

Cross-References

Genesis 22:17
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Genesis 23:10
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Deuteronomy 17:5
Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
Ruth 4:1
Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
2 Samuel 15:2
And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
Job 29:7
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Amos 5:10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Amos 5:12
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Amos 5:15
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken. This is literally true of Christ, in whom the type of the passover lamb had its accomplishment, and this passage also; see Exodus 12:46; and seems better to agree with him than with any of his members, since the bones of many of them have been broken by one accident or another; and especially many of the martyrs of Jesus have had all their bones broken upon the rack or wheel; wherefore, to understand these words of them might tend to create uneasiness and despondency in the minds of such who by any means have their bones broken; as if they were not righteous persons, this promise not being fulfilled in them: and to interpret this of the Lord's keeping the bones of his people in the grave, and in the resurrection putting them together again; this is no other than what will be done to the wicked; it seems therefore best to understand the whole of Christ; and it looks as if this passage was had in view as fulfilled in John 19:36; since a Scripture is referred to; but if it is interpreted of the righteous in general, it must be with a limitation; as that their bones are all kept by the Lord, and not one is broken without his knowledge and will; and that they are not broken finally, but restored again perfect and whole in the resurrection, and so will continue to all eternity: the phrase, without entering into particulars, may in general design the care of Providence over the righteous; with this compare Matthew 10:29.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He keepeth all his bones - That is, he preserves or guards the righteous.

Not one of them is broken - Perhaps there is a direct and immediate allusion here to what the psalmist had himself experienced. In His dangers God had preserved him, so that he had escaped without a broken bone. But the statement is more general, and is designed to convey a truth in respect to the usual and proper effect of religion, or to denote the advantage, in reference to personal safety in the dangers of this life, derived from religion. The language is of a general character, such as often occurs in the Scriptures, and it should, in all fairness, be so construed. It cannot mean that the bones of a righteous man are never broken, or that the fact that a man has a broken bone proves that he is not righteous; but it means that, as a general principle, religion conduces to safety, or that the righteous are under the protection of God. Compare Matthew 10:30-31. Nothing more can be demanded in the fair interpretation of the language than this.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 34:20. He keepeth all his bones — He takes care of his life; and if he have scars, they are honourable ones.


 
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