Psalms 116:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I believe, for I will speak: I was greatly afflicted:

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

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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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

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.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

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

2 Cor 4:13 : 13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak;
Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witness shall perish; But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.
Num 14:6-9 : 6 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes: 7 and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land. 8 If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not.
Heb 11:1 : 1 Now faith is assurance of [things] hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.
2 Pet 1:16 : 16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2 Pet 1:21 : 21 For no prophecy ever came {G4218} by the will of man: but {G40} men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

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13For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
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Ps 116:9
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Ps 16:1
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Isa 38:15
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Ps 119:50
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Ps 77:10
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Ps 116:3
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Ps 66:17
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Ps 13:5
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Ps 38:16
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Ps 38:8
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Ps 31:7
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Ps 30:2
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Ps 109:30
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Ps 77:3-4
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Ps 55:4
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Ps 73:21
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Ps 26:1
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