Psalms 119:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thy testimonies also are my delight [And] my counsellors.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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

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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

Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:77 : 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:92 : 92 Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
Ps 119:97-99 : 97 MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day. 98 Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.
Ps 119:104-105 : 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way. 105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.
Ps 119:143 : 143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.
Ps 119:162 : 162 I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.
Prov 6:20-23 : 20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; And the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
Jer 6:10 : 10 To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms [and] hymns [and] spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 Every scripture inspired of God [is] also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness. 17 That the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work.
Deut 17:18-20 : 18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites: 19 and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them; 20 that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
Josh 1:8 : 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Job 27:10 : 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
Ps 19:11 : 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: In keeping them there is great reward.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 119:22-23
2 verses
77%
22Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.
23Princes also sat and talked against me; [But] thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
Ps 119:129
77%
129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:111
76%
111Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Ps 119:167-168
2 verses
74%
167My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.
168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.
Ps 119:143-144
2 verses
74%
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.
144Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.
Ps 119:11-14
4 verses
74%
11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
12Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.
13With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.
14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.
Ps 119:174
74%
174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:97-99
3 verses
74%
97MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.
99I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.
Ps 119:46-47
2 verses
74%
46I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.
47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
Ps 119:157
73%
157Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [Yet] have I not swerved from thy testimonies.
Ps 119:76-77
2 verses
73%
76Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.
77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:95
73%
95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; [But] I will consider thy testimonies.
Ps 119:35-36
2 verses
72%
35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.
36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.
Ps 119:125
72%
125I am thy servant; Give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.
Ps 119:16
72%
16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 94:19
72%
19In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul.
Ps 73:24
72%
24Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
Ps 119:119
71%
119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.
Ps 119:54
71%
54Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.
Ps 119:59
71%
59I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Ps 119:25-27
3 verses
71%
25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.
26I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.
27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
Ps 119:103
70%
103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [Yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
Ps 119:79
70%
79Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.
Ps 119:88
70%
88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.
Ps 119:138
70%
138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.
Ps 119:50
70%
50This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.
Ps 119:2
70%
2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.
Ps 119:92
70%
92Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
Ps 16:7
69%
7I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.
Ps 40:8
69%
8I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
Ps 119:43
69%
43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
Ps 119:31
69%
31I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
Ps 119:114
69%
114Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
Ps 119:52
69%
52I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.
Ps 31:7
69%
7I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;
Ps 119:105
69%
105NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.
Ps 119:152
69%
152Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever.