Psalms 17:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

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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.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

2/5

💎 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

Ps 18:36 : 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
Ps 119:133 : 133 Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Ps 44:18 : 18 Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
Ps 119:116-117 : 116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope. 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 121:3 : 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Ps 121:7 : 7 Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul.
Jer 10:23 : 23 O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Ps 38:16 : 16 For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
Job 23:11 : 11 My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
Ps 94:18 : 18 When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Job 23:11
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11My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
2 Sam 22:37
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37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; And my feet have not slipped.
Ps 18:36
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36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
Ps 17:4
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4As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
Prov 4:26
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26Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.
Ps 94:18
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18When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
Ps 73:2
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2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.
Ps 119:133
79%
133Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Ps 119:5
77%
5Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
Prov 4:11-12
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77%
11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Ps 140:4
76%
4Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.
Job 13:27
76%
27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:
Ps 26:1
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1[ A Psalm of David.] Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.
Ps 119:101
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101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
Job 31:4-5
2 verses
76%
4Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?
5If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit
Ps 37:23
76%
23A man's goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.
Job 33:11
76%
11He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.
Prov 3:23
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23Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thy foot shall not stumble.
Ps 37:31
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31The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide.
Ps 38:16
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16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
Job 14:16
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16But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
Prov 2:20
75%
20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.
Ps 25:15
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15Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; For he will pluck my feet out of the net.
Ps 116:8
75%
8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, Mine eyes from tears, [And] my feet from falling.
Job 31:7
75%
7If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:
Ps 56:13
75%
13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [Hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?
Ps 18:33
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33He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet]: And setteth me upon my high places.
Ps 142:3
75%
3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.
Jer 17:16
75%
16As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
2 Sam 22:22
74%
22For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Prov 1:15
74%
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
Ps 18:21
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21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Ps 119:117
74%
117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 66:9
74%
9Who holdeth our soul in life, And suffereth not our feet to be moved.
Ps 119:105
74%
105NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.
Ps 119:10
74%
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
Lam 3:9
74%
9He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.
2 Sam 22:34
74%
34He maketh his feet like hinds' [feet], And setteth me upon my high places.
Prov 2:8
74%
8That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.
Prov 3:26
74%
26For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.
Ps 25:4
74%
4Show me thy ways, O Jehovah; Teach me thy paths.
Ps 16:1
74%
1Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God; For in thee do I take refuge.
Ps 5:8
74%
8Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.
Ps 141:9
73%
9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Ps 139:3
73%
3Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.
Ps 119:168
73%
168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.
Ps 17:6
73%
6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, [and] hear my speech.
Ps 77:19
73%
19Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.