Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. New Living Translation The land you have given me is a pleasant land. What a wonderful inheritance! English Standard Version The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. Berean Standard Bible The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful. King James Bible The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. New King James Version The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Yes, I have a good inheritance. New American Standard Bible The measuring lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; Indeed, my inheritance is beautiful to me. NASB 1995 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me. NASB 1977 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me. Legacy Standard Bible The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Indeed, my inheritance is beautiful to me. Amplified Bible The [boundary] lines [of the land] have fallen for me in pleasant places; Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me. Christian Standard Bible The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. Holman Christian Standard Bible The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. American Standard Version The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage. Contemporary English Version You make my life pleasant, and my future is bright. English Revised Version The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. GOD'S WORD® Translation Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me. Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful. Good News Translation How wonderful are your gifts to me; how good they are! International Standard Version The boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places for me; truly, I have a beautiful heritage. Majority Standard Bible The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful. NET Bible It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land. New Heart English Bible The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, beautiful is my inheritance. Webster's Bible Translation The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a goodly heritage. World English Bible The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionLines have fallen to me in pleasant places, "" Indeed, a beautiful inheritance [is] for me. Young's Literal Translation Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance is for me. Smith's Literal Translation The cords fell to me in sweetnesses; also the inheritance was bountiful upon me. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance is goodly to me. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Pleasant places were measured out for me; fair to me indeed is my inheritance. New Revised Standard Version The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; I have a goodly heritage. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMy portion of the land fell to me in goodly places; yea, I have been pleased with my heritage. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The cords have fallen to me with the best, also my inheritance pleases me. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage. Brenton Septuagint Translation The lines have fallen to me in the best places, yea, I have a most excellent heritage. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Presence of God…5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure. 6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful. 7I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.… Cross References Joshua 19:9 The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the territory of Judah, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So the Simeonites received an inheritance within Judah’s portion. Deuteronomy 32:9 But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; / in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Numbers 18:20 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites. 1 Peter 1:4 and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, Ephesians 1:11 In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will, Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. Acts 20:32 And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified. 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours, / whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you, / and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God. Romans 8:17 And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him. Hebrews 9:15 Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD. Jeremiah 12:10 Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland. Ezekiel 45:1 “When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a portion for the LORD, a holy portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. This entire tract of land will be holy. Treasury of Scripture The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a goodly heritage. The lines Psalm 78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. Amos 7:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. in pleasant Psalm 21:1-3 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! … Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. I have Jeremiah 3:19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Jump to Previous Beauteous Beautiful Boundary Delightful Fair Fallen Good Goodly Heritage Indeed Inheritance Lines Marked Noble Places Pleasant SurelyJump to Next Beauteous Beautiful Boundary Delightful Fair Fallen Good Goodly Heritage Indeed Inheritance Lines Marked Noble Places Pleasant SurelyPsalm 16 1. David, in distrust of merits, and hatred of idolatry5. He shows the hope of his calling, of the resurrection, and life everlasting The boundary lines In Psalm 16:6, the phrase "The boundary lines" refers to the metaphorical borders or limits that God has set for the psalmist's life. In the Hebrew text, the word used is "חֲבָלִים" (chavalim), which can mean cords or ropes, often used to measure land. This imagery suggests a divine allotment or inheritance, indicating that God has carefully and purposefully delineated the psalmist's portion in life. Historically, boundary lines were significant in ancient Israel, as they determined the inheritance of land among the tribes. This phrase reassures believers that God has a specific and intentional plan for their lives, marked by His wisdom and care. have fallen in pleasant places indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The linesחֲבָלִ֣ים (ḥă·ḇā·lîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin of my {boundary} לִ֭י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew have fallen נָֽפְלוּ־ (nā·p̄ə·lū-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5307: To fall, lie in pleasant places; בַּנְּעִמִ֑ים (ban·nə·‘i·mîm) Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 5273: Pleasant, delightful surely אַף־ (’ap̄-) Conjunction Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though my עָלָֽי׃ (‘ā·lāy) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against inheritance נַ֝חֲלָ֗ת (na·ḥă·lāṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion is delightful. שָֽׁפְרָ֥ה (šā·p̄ə·rāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 8231: To glisten, be, fair Links Psalm 16:6 NIVPsalm 16:6 NLT Psalm 16:6 ESV Psalm 16:6 NASB Psalm 16:6 KJV Psalm 16:6 BibleApps.com Psalm 16:6 Biblia Paralela Psalm 16:6 Chinese Bible Psalm 16:6 French Bible Psalm 16:6 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 16:6 The lines have fallen to me (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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