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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Psalms 50:6

Now have the heavens declared his righteousness, Because, God, is, about to judge. Selah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Heaven;   Judgment;   Scofield Reference Index - Judgments;   The Topic Concordance - Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;   Gathering;   God;   Judges;   Righteousness;   Saints;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Righteousness of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Asaph;   Psalms, the Book of;   Sacrifice;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Nature, Natural;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ancient of Days;   Heaven;   Sovereignty of God;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Asaph;   English Versions;   Gift, Giving;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Justification (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Psalms the book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The heavens proclaim his righteousness,for God is the Judge.Selah
Hebrew Names Version
The heavens shall declare his righteousness, For God himself is judge. Selah.
King James Version
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
English Standard Version
The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah
New Century Version
God is the judge, and even the skies say he is right. Selah
New English Translation
The heavens declare his fairness, for God is judge. (Selah)
Amplified Bible
And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah.
New American Standard Bible
And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah
World English Bible
The heavens shall declare his righteousness, For God himself is judge. Selah.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the heauens shall declare his righteousnes: for God is iudge himselfe. Selah.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the heavens declare His righteousness,For God Himself is judge. Selah.
Berean Standard Bible
And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
Contemporary English Version
The heavens announce, "God is the judge, and he is always honest."
Complete Jewish Bible
The heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God himself is judge. (Selah)
Darby Translation
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God executeth judgment himself. Selah.
Easy-to-Read Version
God is the judge, and the skies tell how fair he is. Selah
George Lamsa Translation
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God himself is judge.
Good News Translation
The heavens proclaim that God is righteous, that he himself is judge.
Lexham English Bible
And the heavens declare his righteousness, because God himself is judge. Selah
Literal Translation
And the heavens shall declare His righteousness, for God Himself is judge. Selah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the heauens shal declare his rightuousnesse, for God is iudge himself.
American Standard Version
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For God is judge himself. Selah
Bible in Basic English
And let the heavens make clear his righteousness; for God himself is the judge. (Selah.)
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the heavens declare His righteousness; for God, He is judge. Selah
King James Version (1611)
And the heauens shall declare his righteousnes; for God is iudge himselfe. Selah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the heauens shall declare his ryghteousnesse: for God is iudge hym selfe. Selah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. Pause.
English Revised Version
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God is judge himself. Selah
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`And heuenes schulen schewe his riytfulnesse; for God is the iuge.
Update Bible Version
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For God is judge himself. Selah.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Selah.
New King James Version
Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge.Selah
New Living Translation
Then let the heavens proclaim his justice, for God himself will be the judge. Interlude
New Life Bible
And the heavens will tell how right and good He is, for God Himself is judge.
New Revised Standard
The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah
Douay-Rheims Bible
(49-6) And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.
Revised Standard Version
The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! [Selah]
Young's Literal Translation
And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself [is] judge. Selah.
THE MESSAGE
The whole cosmos attests to the fairness of this court, that here God is judge.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah.

Contextual Overview

1 El, Elohim, Yahweh, hath spoken, and culled the earth, From the rising of the sun, unto the going in thereof: 2 Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, God, hath shone forth. 3 Let our God come, and let him not keep silence! A fire - before him, shall devour, And, around him, hath it become exceeding tempestuous: 4 He calleth, Unto the heavens above, And unto the earth, That he may judge his people. 5 Gather yourselves unto me - ye my men of lovingkindness, Who have solemnised my covenant over sacrifice. 6 Now have the heavens declared his righteousness, Because, God, is, about to judge. Selah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

heavens: Psalms 97:6, Romans 2:5, Revelation 16:5-7, Revelation 19:2

God: Psalms 75:7, Genesis 18:25, John 5:22, John 5:23, Romans 14:9-12, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Revelation 20:11, Revelation 20:12

Selah: Psalms 7:3-5, Psalms 9:16

Reciprocal: Judges 11:27 - the Judge Job 31:28 - an Psalms 9:8 - General Psalms 50:4 - call Psalms 51:4 - that thou Psalms 89:5 - heavens Psalms 94:2 - thou Psalms 145:17 - righteous Isaiah 33:22 - the Lord is our judge Ezekiel 18:25 - my John 5:19 - for Romans 2:16 - God Romans 3:6 - for then Romans 3:25 - to declare 1 Corinthians 4:4 - but 1 Corinthians 5:13 - God 2 Thessalonians 1:5 - righteous 2 Timothy 4:1 - who Hebrews 12:23 - God Revelation 19:11 - and in

Cross-References

Genesis 48:21
And Israel said unto Joseph: Lo! I, am about to die, - but it shall come to pass that, God will be with you, and will take you back into the land of your fathers.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness,.... That is, either the heavens shall bear witness to his justice and equity in judging his people; or the angels, the ministers of the Gospel, shall declare his justifying righteousness, which is revealed in it, to the saints and covenant ones they shall be a means of gathering in: or rather the justice of Christ in the destruction of the Jews shall be attested and applauded by angels and men, just as the righteousness of God in the destruction of the antichristian powers is celebrated by the angel of the waters, Revelation 16:5;

for God [is] Judge himself. And not another, or by another; and therefore his judgments must be just and righteous, seeing he is just and true, loves righteousness, and is righteous in all his ways and works.

Selah; on this word, Revelation 16:5- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness - Shall make it known, or announce it. That is, the heavens - the heavenly inhabitants - will bear witness to the justness of the sentence, or will approve the sentence. See the notes at Psalms 50:4. Compare Psalms 97:6.

For God is judge himself - The judgment is not committed to mortal men, or even to angels. Creatures, even the most exalted and pure, might err in such a work as that of judging the world. That judgment, to be correct, must be founded on a perfect knowledge of the heart, and on a clear and complete understanding of all the thoughts, the motives, the words, the deeds of all people. It cannot be supposed that any created being, however exalted, could possess all this knowledge, and it cannot be supposed that any created being, however pure, could be so endowed as to be secure against error in pronouncing a judgment on the countless millions of people. But God combines all these in himself; a perfect knowledge of all that has ever occurred on earth, and of the motives and feelings of every creature - and, at the same time, absolute purity and impartiality; therefore his judgment must be such that the universe will see that it is just. It may be added here that as the New Testament has stated (see the notes at Psalms 50:3) that the judgment of the world in the last day will be committed to the Lord Jesus Christ, the considerations just suggested prove that he is Divine. The immediate point in the passage before us is, that the fact that “God” will preside in the judgment, demonstrates that the acts of judgment will be “right,” and will be such as the “heavens” - the universe - will approve; such, that all worlds will proclaim them to be right. There is no higher evidence that a thing is right, and that it ought to be done, than the fact that God has done it. Compare Genesis 18:25; Psalms 39:9.


 
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