Psalms 119:42
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.”
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BSBPD
“Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy word.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 119:42 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 2 Samuel 16:7And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
- 2 Samuel 19:18and crossed at the ford to carry over the king’s household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king
- 1 Chronicles 28:3but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’
- Psalms 3:2Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah
- Psalms 42:10Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Psalms 56:4In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Psalms 56:10In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
- Psalms 71:10For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
- Psalms 89:19You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
- Psalms 109:25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
- Psalms 119:49Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
- Psalms 119:74May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
- Psalms 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
- Proverbs 27:11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.
- Matthew 27:40and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
- Matthew 27:63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
- Acts 27:25So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
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