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Psalms 34:11-22 GNB Come, my young friends, and listen to me, and I will teach you to honor the LORD ( יהוה ) . (12) Would you like to enjoy life? Do you want long life and happiness? (13) Then keep from speaking evil and from telling lies. (14) Turn away from evil and do good; strive for peace with all your heart. (15) The LORD ( יהוה ) watches over the righteous and listens to their cries; (16) but he opposes those who do evil, so that when they die, they are soon forgotten. (17) The righteous call to the LORD ( יהוה ) , and he listens; he rescues them from all their troubles. (18) The LORD ( יהוה ) is near to those who are discouraged; he saves those who have lost all hope. (19) Good people suffer many troubles, but the LORD ( יהוה ) saves them from them all; (20) the LORD ( יהוה ) preserves them completely; not one of their bones is broken. (21) Evil will kill the wicked; those who hate the righteous will be punished. (22) The LORD ( יהוה ) will save his people; those who go to him for protection will be spared.
Psalms 34:11-22 CEV Come, my children, listen as I teach you to respect the LORD ( יהוה ) . (12) Do you want to live and enjoy a long life? (13) Then don't say cruel things and don't tell lies. (14) Do good instead of evil and try to live at peace. (15) If you obey the LORD ( יהוה ) , he will watch over you and answer your prayers. (16) But God despises evil people, and he will wipe them all from the earth, till they are forgotten. (17) When his people pray for help, he listens and rescues them from their troubles. (18) The LORD ( יהוה ) is there to rescue all who are discouraged and have given up hope. (19) The LORD's ( יהוה ) people may suffer a lot, but he will always bring them safely through. (20) Not one of their bones will ever be broken. (21) Wicked people are killed by their own evil deeds, and if you hate God's people you will be punished. (22) The LORD ( יהוה ) saves the lives of his servants. Run to him for protection, and you won't be punished.
Psalms 34:11-22 GW Come, children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the LORD ( יהוה ) . (12) Which of you wants a full life? Who would like to live long enough to enjoy good things? (13) Keep your tongue from saying evil things and your lips from speaking deceitful things. (14) Turn away from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it! (15) The LORD ( יהוה ) 'S eyes are on righteous people. His ears hear their cry for help. (16) The LORD ( יהוה ) confronts those who do evil in order to wipe out all memory of them from the earth. (17) Righteous people cry out. The LORD ( יהוה ) hears and rescues them from all their troubles. (18) The LORD ( יהוה ) is near to those whose hearts are humble. He saves those whose spirits are crushed. (19) The righteous person has many troubles, but the LORD ( יהוה ) rescues him from all of them. (20) The LORD ( יהוה ) guards all of his bones. Not one of them is broken. (21) Evil will kill wicked people, and those who hate righteous people will be condemned. (22) The LORD ( יהוה ) protects the souls of his servants. All who take refuge in him will never be condemned.
Psalms 34:11-21 LITV My sons, come, listen to Me; I will make known to you the fear of Jehovah ( יהוה ) . (12) Who is the man who desires life, who loves days in order to see good? (13) Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile; (14) depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. (15) The eyes of Jehovah ( יהוה ) are on the righteous; and His ears are open to their cry. (16) The face of Jehovah ( יהוה ) is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth. (17) The righteous cry, and Jehovah ( יהוה ) hears; and He saves them out of all their distresses. (18) Jehovah ( יהוה ) is near to the broken of heart; and He saves the crushed of spirit. (19) Many are the evils of the righteous, but Jehovah ( יהוה ) helps him out of them all, (20) keeping all His bones; not one of them is broken. (21) Evil shall slay the wicked; yea, those who hate the righteous shall become guilty.
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible
Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society
CEV - Contemporary English Version
Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
ESV - English Standard Version
GNB - Good News Bible
GW - God's Word Bible
ISV - International Standard Version
KJV - 1769 King James Version
KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611
LitNT - Literal New Testament
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version
Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament
MWT - Modern World Translation
NWT - New World Translation
RV - Revised Version
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament
Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible
YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation
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