Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. New Living Translation The land you have given me is a pleasant land. What a wonderful inheritance! English Standard Version The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. Berean Standard Bible The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful. King James Bible The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. New King James Version The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Yes, I have a good inheritance. New American Standard Bible The measuring lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; Indeed, my inheritance is beautiful to me. NASB 1995 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me. NASB 1977 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me. Legacy Standard Bible The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Indeed, my inheritance is beautiful to me. Amplified Bible The [boundary] lines [of the land] have fallen for me in pleasant places; Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me. Christian Standard Bible The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. Holman Christian Standard Bible The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. American Standard Version The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The cords have fallen to me with the best, also my inheritance pleases me. Brenton Septuagint Translation The lines have fallen to me in the best places, yea, I have a most excellent heritage. Contemporary English Version You make my life pleasant, and my future is bright. Douay-Rheims Bible The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance is goodly to me. English Revised Version The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. GOD'S WORD® Translation Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me. Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful. Good News Translation How wonderful are your gifts to me; how good they are! International Standard Version The boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places for me; truly, I have a beautiful heritage. JPS Tanakh 1917 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage. Literal Standard Version Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, | Indeed, a beautiful inheritance [is] for me. Majority Standard Bible The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful. New American Bible Pleasant places were measured out for me; fair to me indeed is my inheritance. NET Bible It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land. New Revised Standard Version The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; I have a goodly heritage. New Heart English Bible The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, beautiful is my inheritance. Webster's Bible Translation The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a goodly heritage. World English Bible The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance. Young's Literal Translation Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance is for me. Additional Translations ... Context The Presence of God…5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure. 6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful. 7I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.… Cross References Psalm 78:55 He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. Jeremiah 3:19 Then I said, 'How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!' I thought you would call Me 'Father' and never turn away from following Me. Treasury of Scripture The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a goodly heritage. The lines Psalm 78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. Amos 7:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. in pleasant Psalm 21:1-3 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! … Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. I have Jeremiah 3:19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Jump to Previous Beauteous Beautiful Boundary Delightful Fair Fallen Good Goodly Heritage Indeed Inheritance Lines Marked Noble Places Pleasant SurelyJump to Next Beauteous Beautiful Boundary Delightful Fair Fallen Good Goodly Heritage Indeed Inheritance Lines Marked Noble Places Pleasant SurelyPsalm 16 1. David, in distrust of merits, and hatred of idolatry5. He shows the hope of his calling, of the resurrection, and life everlasting (6) The lines are fallen unto me.--The allusion is to the "measuring cords" by which allotments of land were measured, and they are said to "fall" possibly because after the measurement the portions were distributed by "lot" (Joshua 17:5; Micah 2:5).Verse 6. - The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places. The "lines" which marked out the place of his abode (comp. Deuteronomy 32:9; Joshua 17:5). These had fallen to him "in pleasant places" - in Jerusalem and its near vicinity. Yea, I have a goodly heritage. Some explain "heritage" here by the "inheritance" of ver. 5. But the word used is different; and it is most natural to understand David's earthly heritage, or lot in life. This, he says, is "pleasing" or "delightsome" to him. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The linesחֲבָלִ֣ים (ḥă·ḇā·lîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin of my {boundary} לִ֭י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew have fallen נָֽפְלוּ־ (nā·p̄ə·lū-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5307: To fall, lie in pleasant places; בַּנְּעִמִ֑ים (ban·nə·‘i·mîm) Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 5273: Pleasant, delightful surely אַף־ (’ap̄-) Conjunction Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though my עָלָֽי׃ (‘ā·lāy) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against inheritance נַ֝חֲלָ֗ת (na·ḥă·lāṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion is delightful. שָֽׁפְרָ֥ה (šā·p̄ə·rāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 8231: To glisten, be, fair Links Psalm 16:6 NIVPsalm 16:6 NLT Psalm 16:6 ESV Psalm 16:6 NASB Psalm 16:6 KJV Psalm 16:6 BibleApps.com Psalm 16:6 Biblia Paralela Psalm 16:6 Chinese Bible Psalm 16:6 French Bible Psalm 16:6 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 16:6 The lines have fallen to me (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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