Psalms 116:15
13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.
- KJV
- Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
- WEB
- Precious in the LORD’s sight is the death of his saints.
- ASV
- Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints.
- DARBY
- Precious in the sight of Jehovah is the death of his saints.
- BLB
- Precious in the eyes of YHWH [is] the death of His holy ones.
- ÅB
- Kostelig i Herrens øyne er hans frommes død.
- OTB
- Dyrebar i Herrens øyne
Er hans trofaste tjeneres bortgang. - B1930
- Kostelig i Herrens øine er hans frommes død.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 72:14
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
Read in context1 Samuel 25:29
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
Read in contextPsalms 37:32–33
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Read in contextLuke 16:22
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Read in contextRevelation 14:3
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Read in contextRevelation 1:18
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Read in contextJob 5:26
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
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