Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. New Living Translation Truth springs up from the earth, and righteousness smiles down from heaven. English Standard Version Faithfulness springs up from the ground, and righteousness looks down from the sky. Berean Standard Bible Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. King James Bible Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. New King James Version Truth shall spring out of the earth, And righteousness shall look down from heaven. New American Standard Bible Truth sprouts from the earth, And righteousness looks down from heaven. NASB 1995 Truth springs from the earth, And righteousness looks down from heaven. NASB 1977 Truth springs from the earth; And righteousness looks down from heaven. Legacy Standard Bible Truth springs up from the earth, And righteousness looks down from heaven. Amplified Bible Truth springs from the earth, And righteousness looks down from heaven. Christian Standard Bible Truth will spring up from the earth, and righteousness will look down from heaven. Holman Christian Standard Bible Truth will spring up from the earth, and righteousness will look down from heaven. American Standard Version Truth springeth out of the earth; And righteousness hath looked down from heaven. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Faith will sprout from the Earth and righteousness looked out from Heaven! Brenton Septuagint Translation Truth has sprung out of the earth; and righteousness has looked down from heaven. Contemporary English Version Loyalty will sprout from the ground; justice will look down from the sky above. Douay-Rheims Bible Truth is sprung out of the earth: and justice hath looked down from heaven. English Revised Version Truth springeth out of the earth; and righteousness hath looked clown from heaven. GOD'S WORD® Translation Truth sprouts from the ground, and righteousness looks down from heaven. Good News Translation Human loyalty will reach up from the earth, and God's righteousness will look down from heaven. International Standard Version Truth sprouts up from the ground, while righteousness looks down from the sky. JPS Tanakh 1917 Truth springeth out of the earth; And righteousness hath looked down from heaven. Literal Standard Version Truth springs up from the earth, | And righteousness looks out from the heavens, Majority Standard Bible Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. New American Bible Truth will spring from the earth; justice will look down from heaven. NET Bible Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky. New Revised Standard Version Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky. New Heart English Bible Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven. Webster's Bible Translation Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. World English Bible Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven. Young's Literal Translation Truth from the earth springeth up, And righteousness from heaven looketh out, Additional Translations ... Context You Showed Favor to Your Land…10Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed. 11Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. 12The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.… Cross References 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. Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. Treasury of Scripture Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. truth Isaiah 4:2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. Isaiah 45:8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. righteousness Isaiah 42:21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. Matthew 3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Matthew 17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. Jump to Previous Earth Faith Faithfulness Forth Ground Heaven Heavens Looks Plant Righteousness Sky Spring Springeth Springs TruthJump to Next Earth Faith Faithfulness Forth Ground Heaven Heavens Looks Plant Righteousness Sky Spring Springeth Springs 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 (11) Truth, or "faithfulness," is here depicted as springing out of the earth, because the renewal of fertility has re-established the conviction of the faithfulness of Jehovah towards His people, which had been shaken. Look down.--Used of bending forwards as from a window or battlement (Song of Solomon 6:10, Note). This "righteousness" (here in direct parallelism with faithfulness) had, as it were, been hidden like the sun behind a cloud, but now is seen showing its benign face once more in the skies. Verse 11. - Truth shall spring out of the earth (comp. Isaiah 45:8). One result of the reconciliation of God's mercy and truth shall be a growth of righteousness among men. The pardoned people of God shall bring forth much fruit. And righteousness shall look down from heaven. God's righteousness "looks down from heaven" (like the sun), to draw up and mature the feeble plant of man's righteousness, which, without it, would come to nothing.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Truthאֱ֭מֶת (’ĕ·meṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness sprouts תִּצְמָ֑ח (tiṣ·māḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 6779: To sprout, spring up from the earth, מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and righteousness וְ֝צֶ֗דֶק (wə·ṣe·ḏeq) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6664: The right, equity, prosperity looks down נִשְׁקָֽף׃ (niš·qāp̄) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8259: To overhang, look out or down from heaven. מִשָּׁמַ֥יִם (miš·šā·ma·yim) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky Links Psalm 85:11 NIVPsalm 85:11 NLT Psalm 85:11 ESV Psalm 85:11 NASB Psalm 85:11 KJV Psalm 85:11 BibleApps.com Psalm 85:11 Biblia Paralela Psalm 85:11 Chinese Bible Psalm 85:11 French Bible Psalm 85:11 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 85:11 Truth springs out of the earth (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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