Psalms 19:5

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,”

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BSBPD

“Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he, as a bridegroom, goeth out from his covering, He rejoiceth as a mighty one To run the path.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 19:5 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 38:13that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:5The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
  3. Isaiah 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
  4. Isaiah 62:5For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
  5. John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
  6. 1 Corinthians 9:24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
  7. Philippians 3:13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
  8. Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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