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Psalms 37:11

Humble people will get the land God promised, and they will enjoy peace.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Humility;   Meekness;   Peace;   Thompson Chain Reference - Earthly;   Heritage;   Meekness;   Meekness-Retaliation;   Promises, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - Delight;   Inheritance;   Meekness;   Peace;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Meekness;   Peace, Spiritual;   Resignation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Humility;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Meekness;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Matthew, the Gospel According to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Meekness;   Patience;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   Beatitudes;   English Versions;   Estate;   Ethics;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Meekness;   Psalms;   Sin;   Wealth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Entry into Jerusalem;   Heir Heritage Inheritance;   Meekness (2);   Old Testament (Ii. Christ as Student and Interpreter of).;   Poverty of Spirit;   Psalms (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Delight;   Meekness;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Optimism and Pessimism;   Resurrection;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for May 14;   Today's Word from Skip Moen - Devotion for June 10;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But the humble will inherit the landand will enjoy abundant prosperity.
Hebrew Names Version
But the humble shall inherit the land, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of shalom.
King James Version
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
English Standard Version
But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace.
New Century Version
People who are not proud will inherit the land and will enjoy complete peace.
New English Translation
But the oppressed will possess the land and enjoy great prosperity.
Amplified Bible
But the humble will [at last] inherit the land And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity and peace.
New American Standard Bible
But the humble will inherit the land And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity.
World English Bible
But the humble shall inherit the land, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But meeke men shal possesse the earth, and shall haue their delite in the multitude of peace.
Legacy Standard Bible
But the lowly will inherit the landAnd will delight themselves in abundant peace.
Berean Standard Bible
But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.
Contemporary English Version
but the poor will take the land and enjoy a big harvest.
Complete Jewish Bible
But the meek will inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace.
Darby Translation
But the meek shall possess the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of prosperity.
George Lamsa Translation
But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Good News Translation
but the humble will possess the land and enjoy prosperity and peace.
Lexham English Bible
But the afflicted will possess the land, and they will take pleasure in an abundance of peace.
Literal Translation
But the meek shall inherit the earth; yea, they shall delight themselves in abundant peace.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the meke spreted shal possesse the earth, & haue pleasure in moch rest.
American Standard Version
But the meek shall inherit the land, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Bible in Basic English
But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But the humble shall inherit the land, and delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
King James Version (1611)
But the meeke shall inherite the earth: and shall delight themselues in the abundance of peace.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth: and shalbe delighted in the aboundaunce of peace.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
English Revised Version
But the meek shall inherit the land; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But mylde men schulen enerite the lond; and schulen delite in the multitude of pees.
Update Bible Version
But the meek shall inherit the land, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Webster's Bible Translation
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
New King James Version
But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
New Living Translation
The lowly will possess the land and will live in peace and prosperity.
New Life Bible
But those who have no pride will be given the earth. And they will be happy and have much more than they need.
New Revised Standard
But the meek shall inherit the land, and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, the patient oppressed-ones, shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves over the abundance of prosperity.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(36-11) But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight in abundance of peace.
Revised Standard Version
But the meek shall possess the land, and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.
Young's Literal Translation
And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the humble will inherit the land And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity.

Contextual Overview

7 Trust in the Lord and wait quietly for his help. Don't be angry when people make evil plans and succeed. 8 Don't become so angry and upset that you, too, want to do evil. 9 The wicked will be destroyed, but those who call to the Lord for help will get the land he promised. 10 In a short time there will be no more evil people. You can look for them all you want, but they will be gone. 11 Humble people will get the land God promised, and they will enjoy peace. 12 The wicked plan bad things for those who are good. They show their teeth in anger at them. 13 But our Lord will laugh at them. He will make sure they get what they deserve. 14 The wicked draw their swords to kill the poor and the helpless. They aim their arrows to murder all who live right. 15 But their bows will break, and their swords will pierce their own hearts. 16 A few good people are better than a large crowd of those who are evil.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the meek: Matthew 5:5, Galatians 5:22, Galatians 5:23, 1 Timothy 6:11, James 1:21, James 3:13

delight: Psalms 36:8, Psalms 72:7, Psalms 119:165, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 48:18, Isaiah 57:18-21, John 14:27, Philippians 4:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 39:22 - committed Psalms 25:13 - inherit Psalms 37:9 - inherit Psalms 37:22 - Blessed Psalms 37:29 - General Psalms 147:6 - lifteth up Proverbs 2:21 - General Proverbs 3:17 - all Proverbs 28:10 - but Ecclesiastes 8:12 - surely Isaiah 29:19 - meek Isaiah 58:14 - delight Isaiah 60:21 - inherit Jeremiah 33:6 - and will

Cross-References

Genesis 24:31
Laban said, "Sir, you are welcome to come in! You don't have to stand outside here. I have prepared a room for you to sleep in and a place for your camels."
Genesis 37:14
His father said, "Go and see if your brothers are safe. Come back and tell me if my sheep are all fine." So Joseph's father sent him from the Valley of Hebron to Shechem.
Genesis 37:16
Joseph answered, "I am looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are with their sheep?"
Psalms 106:16
The people became jealous of Moses. They became jealous of Aaron, the Lord 's holy priest.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Then I thought, "Why do people work so hard?" I saw people try to succeed and be better than other people. They do this because they are jealous. They don't want other people to have more than they have. This is senseless. It is like trying to catch the wind.
Isaiah 11:13
Then Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, and Judah will have no enemies left. And Judah will not cause trouble for Ephraim.
Isaiah 26:11
Lord , your arm is raised to punish them, but they don't see it. Show them how strong your love is for your people. Then those who are evil will be ashamed. Yes, your fire will destroy your enemies.
Daniel 7:28
"And that was the end of the dream. I, Daniel, was very afraid. My face became very white from fear, and I did not tell the other people what I saw and heard."
Matthew 27:18
Pilate knew that they had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous of him.
Mark 15:10
Pilate knew that the leading priests had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous of him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the meek shall inherit the earth,....

:-; of this character

:-. Our Lord seems to refer to this passage in Matthew 5:5;

and shall delight themselves is the abundance of peace; of spiritual peace enjoyed in a way of believing, arising from a comfortable view of interest in the blood, righteousness, and sacrifice of Christ; and of all happiness and prosperity in the kingdom of Christ here on earth, at which time there will be abundance of peace, Psalms 72:7; or of eternal peace in the world to come, which will be a state of uninterrupted and unspeakable peace; see Psalms 37:37; all which afford inconceivable delight and pleasure; and therefore such have no need to fret and be envious at the fading happiness of wicked men.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But the meek shall inherit the earth - See the notes at Psalms 37:3. On the meaning of the word here rendered “meek,” see the notes at Psalms 9:12, where it is rendered “humble.” The word properly denotes those who are afflicted, distressed, needy; then, those who are of humble rank in life; then, the mild, the gentle, the meek. The term here is a general one to denote those who are the friends of God, considered as meek, mild, gentle, humble, in contradistinction from the wicked who are proud and haughty; perhaps also, in this connection, in contrast with the wicked as prosperous in life. It was probably this passage that the Saviour quoted in Matthew 5:5.

And shall delight themselves -

(a) Shall “prefer” what is here referred to as the source of their happiness, or as in accordance with the desires of their hearts;

(b) shall “find” actual delight or happiness in this.

Though not rich and prospered in this world as the wicked often are, yet they will have their own sources of enjoyment, and will find happiness in what they prefer.

In the abundance of peace - In abundant peace. In the tranquility and quietness in which they spend their lives, in contrast with the jealousies, the contentions, and the strifes which exist among the wicked even when prosperous. They will have peace with God Psalms 29:11; Psalms 85:8; Psalms 119:165; Romans 5:1; they will have peace in their own consciences; they will have peace in the calmness of a quiet and contented spirit; they will have peace with those around them, as they have no passions to gratify, and no object to secure, which will excite the envy, or stir up the wrath, of others.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:11. But the meek — ענוים anavim, the afflicted, the poor Jewish captives.

Shall inherit the earth — ארץ arets, the land of Judea, given by God himself as an inheritance to their fathers, and to their posterity for ever. See Psalms 37:9.


 
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