Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You came to greet him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head. New Living Translation You welcomed him back with success and prosperity. You placed a crown of finest gold on his head. English Standard Version For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head. Berean Standard Bible For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold. King James Bible For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. New King James Version For You meet him with the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of pure gold upon his head. New American Standard Bible For You meet him with the blessings of good things; You set a crown of pure gold on his head. NASB 1995 For You meet him with the blessings of good things; You set a crown of fine gold on his head. NASB 1977 For Thou dost meet him with the blessings of good things; Thou dost set a crown of fine gold on his head. Legacy Standard Bible For You meet him with the blessings of good things; You set a crown of fine gold on his head. Amplified Bible For You meet him with blessings of good things; You set a crown of pure gold on his head. Christian Standard Bible For you meet him with rich blessings; you place a crown of pure gold on his head. Holman Christian Standard Bible For You meet him with rich blessings; You place a crown of pure gold on his head. American Standard Version For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because the blessing of goodness went before him and you have set a precious crown upon his head. Brenton Septuagint Translation For thou hast prevented him with blessings of goodness: thou has set upon his head a crown of precious stone. Contemporary English Version You truly blessed the king, and you placed on him a crown of finest gold. Douay-Rheims Bible For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones. English Revised Version For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head. GOD'S WORD® Translation You welcomed him with the blessings of good things and set a crown of fine gold on his head. Good News Translation You came to him with great blessings and set a crown of gold on his head. International Standard Version You go before him with wonderful blessings, and put a crown of fine gold on his head. JPS Tanakh 1917 For Thou meetest him with choicest blessings; Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head. Literal Standard Version For You put blessings of goodness before him, | You set a crown of fine gold on his head. Majority Standard Bible For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold. New American Bible For you welcomed him with goodly blessings; you placed on his head a crown of pure gold. NET Bible For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head. New Revised Standard Version For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold on his head. New Heart English Bible For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head. Webster's Bible Translation For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness: thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head. World English Bible For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head. Young's Literal Translation For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context After the Battle…2You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah 3For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold. 4He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.… Cross References Revelation 14:14 And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. 2 Samuel 12:30 Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David's head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city. Psalm 59:10 My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes. Psalm 79:8 Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low. Psalm 132:18 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam." Zechariah 6:11 Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak. Treasury of Scripture For you prevent him with the blessings of goodness: you set a crown of pure gold on his head. preventest Psalm 18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. 1 Samuel 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 2 Samuel 2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul. blessings Psalm 31:19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! 2 Chronicles 6:41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. Romans 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? settest 2 Samuel 12:30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance. 1 Chronicles 20:2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city. Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. Jump to Previous Blessings Choicest Crown Fair Fine Gold Good Goodly Goodness Head Meet Meetest Met Placed Pure Puttest Rich Settest WelcomedJump to Next Blessings Choicest Crown Fair Fine Gold Good Goodly Goodness Head Meet Meetest Met Placed Pure Puttest Rich Settest WelcomedPsalm 21 1. A thanksgiving for victory7. with confidence of further success (3) Thou preventest--i.e., comest to meet him. The word "prevent" is familiar in this sense in the English collect: "Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings." (Comp. Psalm 79:8; 1Thessalonians 4:15.) The "crown "is by some identified with that won by David at Rabbah Moab. Others make it refer to a coronation. Ewald thinks of a birthday celebration. Probably no more is intended than a symbol of victory and rejoicing. Maidens were accustomed to meet a monarch returning in victory, and to offer a crown, or garland, which was a symbol of extraordinary rejoicing. (Comp. 1Samuel 18:6; Psalm 68:11; Song of Solomon 3:11; Wisdom Of Solomon 2:8; Judith 15:13; 3Ma 7:16.) . . . Verse 3. - For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness; i.e. thou givest him blessings before he asks, and more than he asks.. "The blessings of goodness" is pleonastic, since a blessing cannot be otherwise than a good. Thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. It is remarked that David, as the result of one of his wars, did actually take the crown of the conquered king, which was a crown of gold, from off the king' s head, and place it upon his own head (2 Samuel 12:30); but this is scarcely what is intended here. As Hengstenberg observes, "The setting on of the crown marks the bestowment of dominion," not in one petty ease only, but generally, and is scarcely to be altogether separated from the promises recorded in 2 Samuel 7:12-16. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction You welcomed him תְ֭קַדְּמֶנּוּ (ṯə·qad·də·men·nū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 6923: To project, precede, to anticipate, hasten, meet with rich ט֑וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good blessings; בִּרְכ֣וֹת (bir·ḵō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 1293: Benediction, prosperity You placed תָּשִׁ֥ית (tā·šîṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7896: To put, set on his head לְ֝רֹאשׁ֗וֹ (lə·rō·šōw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7218: The head a crown עֲטֶ֣רֶת (‘ă·ṭe·reṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5850: A crown, wreath of pure gold. פָּֽז׃ (pāz) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6337: Refined, pure gold Links Psalm 21:3 NIVPsalm 21:3 NLT Psalm 21:3 ESV Psalm 21:3 NASB Psalm 21:3 KJV Psalm 21:3 BibleApps.com Psalm 21:3 Biblia Paralela Psalm 21:3 Chinese Bible Psalm 21:3 French Bible Psalm 21:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 21:3 For you meet him with the blessings (Psalm Ps Psa.) |