Psalms 94:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.

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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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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Nah 1:2 : 2 Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.
Rom 12:19 : 19 Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath [of God]: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.
Deut 32:35 : 35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
Isa 35:4 : 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] the recompense of God; he will come and save you.
Ps 80:1 : 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.
Isa 59:17 : 17 And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
Jer 50:28 : 28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Deut 32:41-42 : 41 If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.
Ps 50:2 : 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
2 Thess 1:8 : 8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
Heb 10:30 : 30 For we know him that said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense. {G3004} {G2962} And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud [their] desert.
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10Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.
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12But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
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20But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Ps 59:5
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Deut 32:35
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35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
Ps 7:6
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6Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
Ps 18:47
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47Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me.
2 Sam 22:48
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48Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And that bringeth down peoples under me,
Ps 35:23-24
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23Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice [due] unto me, [Even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
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Ps 94:16
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16Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Ps 71:19
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19Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?
Ps 43:1
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Lam 3:59
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59O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.
Nah 1:2
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2Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.
Ps 41:10
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10But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.
Ps 9:19
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19Arise, O Jehovah; Let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Rom 12:19
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19Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath [of God]: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.
Isa 1:24
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24Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies;
Ps 89:49
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49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
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Ps 58:11
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Deut 32:41
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Ps 7:8
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Ps 115:2
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2Wherefore should the nations say, Where is now their God?
Jer 5:29
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29Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
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Heb 10:30
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30For we know him that said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense. {G3004} {G2962} And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
Ps 70:1
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Ps 54:1
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Isa 47:3
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