Numbers 6:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 80:19 : 19 Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Ps 119:135 : 135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.
Ps 80:7 : 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Ps 31:16 : 16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me in thy lovingkindness.
Ps 67:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm, a Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us, [And] cause his face to shine upon us; {H5542}
Exod 33:19 : 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
Dan 9:17 : 17 Now therefore, O our God, hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
Mal 1:9 : 9 And now, I pray you, entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he accept any of your persons? saith Jehovah of hosts.
John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Ps 21:6 : 6 For thou makest him most blessed for ever: Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence.
Ps 80:1-3 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us. 3 Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Gen 43:29 : 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
Ps 86:16 : 16 Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Num 6:26-27
2 verses
91%
26Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
27So shall they put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
Num 6:22-24
3 verses
86%
22And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
23Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel: ye shall say unto them,
24Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee:
Ps 67:1-2
2 verses
80%
1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm, a Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us, [And] cause his face to shine upon us; {H5542}
2That thy way may be known upon earth, Thy salvation among all nations.
Ps 4:6
77%
6Many there are that say, Who will show us [any] good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Ps 31:16
76%
16Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me in thy lovingkindness.
Ps 21:6
74%
6For thou makest him most blessed for ever: Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence.
Ps 119:135
74%
135Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.
Ps 121:5-6
2 verses
72%
5Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.
Deut 28:6
72%
6Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
Ps 134:3
71%
3Jehovah bless thee out of Zion; Even he that made heaven and earth.
Ps 128:5
71%
5Jehovah bless thee out of Zion: And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
Ps 90:16-17
2 verses
71%
16Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory upon their children.
17And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Ps 80:3
71%
3Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Exod 33:16-19
4 verses
71%
16For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?
17And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name.
18And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory.
19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
Exod 34:6
70%
6And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth;
Ps 89:15
70%
15Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
Deut 26:19
70%
19and to make thee high above all nations that he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken.
Ps 27:8
70%
8[ When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
Ps 80:7
70%
7Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Deut 28:8
70%
8Jehovah will command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
2 Chr 6:3
69%
3And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.
1 Chr 17:27
69%
27and now it hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it is blessed for ever.
Judg 6:17
69%
17And he said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.
Isa 60:1
69%
1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
Deut 1:11
69%
11Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!
Ps 115:15
69%
15Blessed are ye of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.
Eph 6:3
69%
3that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Deut 33:11
69%
11Bless, Jehovah, his substance, And accept the work of his hands: Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him, And of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
1 Chr 16:11
69%
11Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
Ps 28:6
69%
6Blessed be Jehovah, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
Ps 116:5
69%
5Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; Yea, our God is merciful.
Dan 9:17
68%
17Now therefore, O our God, hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
Gen 26:29
68%
29that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of Jehovah.
Ps 105:4
68%
4Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
Lev 9:6
68%
6And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah commanded that ye should do: and the glory of Jehovah shall appear unto you.
Ps 34:16
68%
16The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
2 Sam 7:29
68%
29now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord Jehovah, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
Ps 80:19
68%
19Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
1 Cor 16:23
68%
23The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Job 22:26
68%
26For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.
1 Chr 16:27
68%
27Honor and majesty are before him: Strength and gladness are in his place.