Psalm 118:8
Strong's Lexicon
It is better
ט֗וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: adj 1) good, pleasant, agreeable 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses) 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature) 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) 1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation 1e) good, appropriate, becoming 1f) better (comparative) 1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature) 1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature) 1i) good, kind, benign 1j) good, right (ethical) n m 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare 2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 2b) good things (collective) 2c) good, benefit 2d) moral good n f 3) welfare, benefit, good things 3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 3b) good things (collective) 3c) bounty

to take refuge
לַחֲס֥וֹת (la·ḥă·sō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2620: 1) (Qal) to seek refuge, flee for protection 1a) to put trust in (God), confide or hope in (God) (fig.)

in the LORD
בַּיהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

than to trust
מִ֝בְּטֹ֗חַ (mib·bə·ṭō·aḥ)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 982: 1) to trust 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to trust, trust in 1a2) to have confidence, be confident 1a3) to be bold 1a4) to be secure 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to trust, make secure 2) (TWOT) to feel safe, be careless

in man.
בָּאָדָֽם׃ (bā·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: 1) man, mankind 1a) man, human being 1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT) 1c) Adam, first man 1d) city in Jordan valley

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

Young's Literal Translation
Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

New American Standard Bible
It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in man.

King James Bible
[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humans.

New Living Translation
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in people.

English Standard Version
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

New American Standard Bible
It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in man.

King James Bible
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

International Standard Version
It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in people.

NET Bible
It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in people.

American Standard Version
It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in man.

English Revised Version
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

Young's Literal Translation
Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man,
















Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:7
Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:

2 Chronicles 32:8
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

Psalm 40:4
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Psalm 108:12
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

Psalm 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

Isaiah 31:1
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

Isaiah 31:3
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

Isaiah 57:13
When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;

Jeremiah 17:5
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

Daniel 6:23
Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
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