Psalm 119:169
Modern Translations
New International Version
May my cry come before you, LORD; give me understanding according to your word.

New Living Translation
O LORD, listen to my cry; give me the discerning mind you promised.

English Standard Version
Let my cry come before you, O LORD; give me understanding according to your word!

Berean Study Bible
May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.

New American Standard Bible
Let my cry come before You, LORD; Give me understanding according to Your word.

NASB 1995
Let my cry come before You, O LORD; Give me understanding according to Your word.

NASB 1977
Let my cry come before Thee, O LORD; Give me understanding according to Thy word.

Amplified Bible
Let my [mournful] cry come before You, O LORD; Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] according to Your word [of promise].

Christian Standard Bible
Let my cry reach you, LORD; give me understanding according to your word.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let my cry reach You, LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.

Contemporary English Version
Please, LORD, hear my prayer and give me the understanding that comes from your word.

Good News Translation
Let my cry for help reach you, LORD! Give me understanding, as you have promised.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Let my cry for help come into your presence, O LORD. Help me understand as you promised.

International Standard Version
May my cry arise before you, LORD; give me understanding according to your word.

NET Bible
Listen to my cry for help, O LORD! Give me insight by your word!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.

New King James Version
Let my cry come before You, O LORD; Give me understanding according to Your word.

King James 2000 Bible
Let my cry come near before you, O LORD: give me understanding according to your word.

New Heart English Bible
TAW. Let my cry come before you, LORD. Give me understanding according to your word.

World English Bible
Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.

American King James Version
Let my cry come near before you, O LORD: give me understanding according to your word.

American Standard Version
TAV. Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.

A Faithful Version
Let my cry come near before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.

Darby Bible Translation
TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, Jehovah: give me understanding according to thy word.

English Revised Version
TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.

Webster's Bible Translation
TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Tav. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Tau (119:1) Let my crye O God approche neare vnto thy face: make me to vnderstande euery thyng accordyng vnto thy worde.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Let my coplaynte come before the (o LORDE) geue me vnderstondinge, acordinge vnto thy worde.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
[TAW] My loud cry comes near before You, O YHWH; Cause me to understand according to Your word.

Young's Literal Translation
Taw. My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.

Smith's Literal Translation
My cry shall draw near before thee, O Jehovah: cause me to understand according to thy word.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
[TAU] Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.

Catholic Public Domain Version
TAU. O Lord, let my supplication draw near in your sight. Grant understanding to me according to your eloquence.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Tau My praise will enter before you, LORD JEHOVAH; give me life in your word!

Lamsa Bible
TAU. Let my cry come before thee, O LORD; save me according to thy word.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Let my cry come near before Thee, O LORD; Give me understanding according to Thy word.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Let my supplication come near before thee, o Lord; instruct me according to thine oracle.
















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