Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other. New Living Translation Unfailing love and truth have met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed! English Standard Version Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other. Berean Standard Bible Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed. King James Bible Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. New King James Version Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed. New American Standard Bible Graciousness and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. NASB 1995 Lovingkindness and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. NASB 1977 Lovingkindness and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Legacy Standard Bible Lovingkindness and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Amplified Bible Steadfast love and truth and faithfulness meet together; Righteousness and peace kiss each other. Christian Standard Bible Faithful love and truth will join together; righteousness and peace will embrace. Holman Christian Standard Bible Faithful love and truth will join together; righteousness and peace will embrace. American Standard Version Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Contemporary English Version Love and loyalty will come together; goodness and peace will unite. English Revised Version Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. GOD'S WORD® Translation Mercy and truth have met. Righteousness and peace have kissed. Good News Translation Love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will embrace. International Standard Version Gracious love and truth meet; righteousness and peace kiss. Majority Standard Bible Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed. NET Bible Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. New Heart English Bible Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Webster's Bible Translation Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. World English Bible Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionKindness and truth have met, "" Righteousness and peace have kissed, Young's Literal Translation Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed, Smith's Literal Translation Mercy and truth met together; justice and peace kissed. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Love and truth will meet; justice and peace will kiss. New Revised Standard Version Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Favor and truth are reconciled; righteousness and peace will kiss! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Brenton Septuagint Translation Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context You Showed Favor to Your Land…9Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land. 10Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed. 11Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.… Cross References Isaiah 32:17 The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever. Hosea 2:19-20 So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion. / And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.” James 3:18 Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness. Isaiah 45:8 Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it. Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Isaiah 54:10 Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you. Ephesians 2:14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility Isaiah 11:6-9 The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them. / The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. / The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest. ... Colossians 1:20 and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross. Isaiah 55:12 You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: / that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. Micah 7:18-20 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea. / You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old. Romans 3:25-26 God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand. / He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus. Zechariah 8:16-17 These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates, / do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD. Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Treasury of Scripture Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. mercy Psalm 89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. Psalm 100:5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. Exodus 34:6,7 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, … righteousness Psalm 72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. Isaiah 32:16-18 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field… Isaiah 45:24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. Jump to Previous Faith Faithfulness Kindness Kiss Kissed Lovingkindness Meet Mercy Met Peace Righteousness Steadfast Together TruthJump to Next Faith Faithfulness Kindness Kiss Kissed Lovingkindness Meet Mercy Met Peace Righteousness Steadfast Together TruthPsalm 85 1. The Psalmist, out of the experience of former mercies, prays for continuance thereof.8. He promises to wait thereon, out of confidence of God's goodness Loving devotion The Hebrew word here is "chesed," which is often translated as "lovingkindness" or "steadfast love." It signifies a deep, covenantal love that is loyal and enduring. In the context of the Old Testament, "chesed" is a defining characteristic of God's relationship with Israel, reflecting His unwavering commitment and mercy. This term invites believers to reflect on the depth of God's love, which is not based on human merit but on His divine promise and faithfulness. Faithfulness Have joined together Righteousness Peace Have kissed Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Loving devotionחֶֽסֶד־ (ḥe·seḏ-) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty and truth וֶאֱמֶ֥ת (we·’ĕ·meṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness have joined together; נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ (nip̄·gā·šū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6298: To come in contact with, to concur righteousness צֶ֖דֶק (ṣe·ḏeq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6664: The right, equity, prosperity and peace וְשָׁל֣וֹם (wə·šā·lō·wm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace have kissed. נָשָֽׁקוּ׃ (nā·šā·qū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5401: To kiss, to equip with weapons Links Psalm 85:10 NIVPsalm 85:10 NLT Psalm 85:10 ESV Psalm 85:10 NASB Psalm 85:10 KJV Psalm 85:10 BibleApps.com Psalm 85:10 Biblia Paralela Psalm 85:10 Chinese Bible Psalm 85:10 French Bible Psalm 85:10 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 85:10 Mercy and truth meet together (Psalm Ps Psa.) |