Psalms 20:5

Coverdale Bible (1535)

We will reioyse in thy health, & triuphe in ye name of the LORDE oure God: the LORDE perfourme all thy peticios.

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About this Translation

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Dynamic EquivalenceSource: Best for: Historical study of English Bible translations

🎯 Translation Approach

A historically significant Early Modern English translation emphasizing smooth, readable phrasing over strict word-for-word correspondence. While drawing on Tyndale’s work, Coverdale frequently relied on Latin and German sources, producing a flowing, devotional style that influenced later English Bibles.

Word-for-word

2/5

Readability

3/5

💎 Distinctive Features

Historical first: First complete printed Bible in English (1535), translated by Miles Coverdale.
Influence on later Bibles: Shaped the language and style of subsequent English Bibles, including the Great Bible and later traditions.
Source base: Heavily dependent on Tyndale’s work and on Latin and German versions rather than consistently on Hebrew and Greek.
Poetic style: Renowned for a smooth, musical English style, especially in the Psalms.
Early Modern English: Uses 16th-century vocabulary, spelling, and syntax.

✅ Strengths

First complete printed English Bible
Historically influential and foundational for later translations
Smooth, musical English style
Notable Psalms tradition influential in liturgy

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic vocabulary and syntax may challenge modern readers
Not fully translated from the Hebrew and Greek (frequent use of Latin and German sources)
Less suitable for precise, technical exegesis
Orthography and phrasing reflect 16th-century usage

👥 Who is this for?

Ideal for

Readers interested in Reformation-era history
Students of English Bible translation history
Literary readers who value poetic, archaic style
Anglican tradition readers and liturgical enthusiasts
Comparative study alongside modern translations

Consider alternatives for

New Bible readers
Children and teens
ESL learners seeking contemporary English
Technical exegesis requiring close alignment with original languages

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Referenced Verses

Ps 60:4 : 4 Yet hast thou geue a toke for soch as feare the, yt they maye cast it vp in ye treuth.
Isa 25:9 : 9 At the same tyme shal it be sayde: lo, this is oure God in who we put oure trust, and he hath healed vs. This is the LORDE that we haue wayted for: Let vs reioyse & delyte in his health.
Exod 17:15 : 15 And Moses buylded an altare vnto the LORDE, and called it: The LORDE Nissi,
1 Sam 1:17 : 17 Eli answered her, and sayde: Go yi waye in peace, the God of Israel shal graunte ye thy peticion that thou hast desyred of him.
Ps 9:14 : 14 That I maye shewe all thy prayses within the portes off the doughter Sion, and reioyse in thy sauynge health.
Luke 1:47 : 47 And my sprete reioyseth i God my Sauioure.
Mic 4:5 : 5 Therfore, where as all people haue walked euery man in ye name of his owne god, we will walke in the name of oure God for euer and euer.
Hab 3:18 : 18 But as for me, I wil be glad in the LORDE, and will reioyce in God my Sauioure.
Ps 35:9 : 9 But let my soule be ioyfull in the LORDE, and reioyse in his helpe.
Ps 13:5 : 5 But my trust is in thy mercy, and my hert is ioyfull in thy sauynge health.
Isa 61:10 : 10 And therfore I am ioyful in the LORDE, & my soule reioyseth in my God. For he shall put vpon me the garmet of health, & couer me with the matle of rightuousnes. He shal decke me like a brydegrome, & as a bryde that hath hir apparell vpo her.
Ps 118:15 : 15 The voyce of ioye & myrth is in the dwellynges of ye rightuous, for ye right hande of the LORDE hath gotte the victory.
Isa 12:1-3 : 1 So that then thou shalt saye: O LORDE, I thanke the, for thou wast displeased at me, but thou hast refrayned thy wrath, and hast mercy vpon me. 2 Beholde, God is my health, in whom I trust, and am not afrayde. For the LORDE God is my strength, and my prayse, he also shalbe my refuge. 3 Therfore with ioye shal ye drawe water out of the welles of the Sauioure,
Ps 19:4 : 4 Their soude is gone out in to all londes, and their wordes in to the endes of the worlde.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 21:1
77%
1 Lorde, how ioyfull is the kynge in yi strength? O how exceadinge glad is he of thy sauynge health?
Ps 20:4
76%
4 Sela. Graunte the thy hertes desyre, & fulfill all thy mynde.
Ps 20:6-7
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75%
6 Now knowe I, that the LORDE helpeth his anoynted, and will heare him fro his holy heauen: mightie is the helpe of his right hode.
7 Some put their trust in charettes, & some in horses: but we wil remebre ye name of the LORDE oure God.
Ps 33:21
75%
21 So shal oure herte reioyse in him, because we haue hoped in his holy name.
1 Chr 16:35
75%
35 And saye: Helpe vs O God oure Sauioure, and gather vs together, and delyuer vs from the Heythen, that we maye geue thankes vnto yi holy name, and synge prayses vnto the in thy Psalmes.
Ps 21:13
73%
13 Be thou exalted (LORDE) in thine owne strength, so wil we synge and prayse thy power.
Ps 106:47
73%
47 Delyuer vs (o LORDE oure God) & gather vs from amoge the Heithen: that we maye geue thankes to thy holy name, & make oure boast of thy prayse.
Ps 20:9
73%
9 Saue (LORDE) & helpe vs (o kynge) when we call vpon the.
Ps 118:14-15
2 verses
72%
14 The LORDE is my stregth, & my songe, & is become my saluacion.
15 The voyce of ioye & myrth is in the dwellynges of ye rightuous, for ye right hande of the LORDE hath gotte the victory.
Ps 44:5
72%
5 Thou art ye kinge & my God, thou sendest helpe vnto Iacob.
Ps 60:4-5
2 verses
72%
4 Yet hast thou geue a toke for soch as feare the, yt they maye cast it vp in ye treuth.
5 Sela. That thy beloued might be delyuered, helpe them with thy right hande, and heare me.
Ps 44:8
72%
8 But it is thou that sauest vs fro oure enemies, and puttest them to confucion that hate vs.
Ps 9:14
72%
14 That I maye shewe all thy prayses within the portes off the doughter Sion, and reioyse in thy sauynge health.
Ps 13:5
72%
5 But my trust is in thy mercy, and my hert is ioyfull in thy sauynge health.
Ps 70:4
71%
4 But let all those that seke the, be ioyfull & glad in the: and let all soch as delyte in thy sauynge health, saye alwaye: ye LORDE be praysed.
Ps 40:16
71%
16 As for me, I am poore & in mysery, but the LORDE careth for me.
Ps 20:1
71%
1 The LORDE heare the in the tyme off trouble, the name of the God of Iacob defende the.
Isa 25:9
71%
9 At the same tyme shal it be sayde: lo, this is oure God in who we put oure trust, and he hath healed vs. This is the LORDE that we haue wayted for: Let vs reioyse & delyte in his health.
Ps 89:16-17
2 verses
71%
16 Blessed is the people (o LORDE) that can reioyse in the, and walketh in the light of thy countenaunce.
17 Their delite is in thy name all the daye longe, and thorow thy rightuousnesse they shalbe exalted.
Ps 27:6
71%
6 And now hath he lift vp my heade aboue myne enemies, that copassed me rounde aboute.
Ps 35:9
71%
9 But let my soule be ioyfull in the LORDE, and reioyse in his helpe.
Ps 28:6-7
2 verses
71%
6 For they regarde not the workes of the LORDE, ner the operacion of his hades: therfore shal he breake them downe, and not buylde them vp.
7 Praysed be ye LORDE, for he hath herde the voyce of my humble peticio.
Ps 5:11
71%
11 Agayne, let all them that put their trust in the, reioyse: yee let them euer be geuynge of thankes, because thou defendest them: that they which loue thy name, maye be ioyfull in the.
Hab 3:18
71%
18 But as for me, I wil be glad in the LORDE, and will reioyce in God my Sauioure.
Ps 118:25-27
3 verses
71%
25 Helpe now o LORDE, o LORDE sende vs now prosperite.
26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORDE, we wish you good lucke, ye that be of the house of the LORDE.
27 God is the LORDE, & hath shewed vs light: O garnish the solempne feast with grene braunches, eue vnto the hornes of ye aulter.
Ps 85:7
70%
7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord: and grant vs thy salvation.
Ps 80:18-19
2 verses
70%
18 And so wil not we go backe from the: oh let vs lyue, & we shal call vpon thy name.
19 Turne vs agayne o LORDE God of hoostes, shewe the light of thy coutenauce, & we shal be whole.
Ps 21:5
70%
5 His honoure is greate in thy sauynge health, glory and greate worshipe shalt thou laye vpon him.
Ps 108:6
70%
6 That thy beloued maye be delyuered: helpe then with thy right hande, & heare me.
Isa 38:20
70%
20 Delyuer vs (o LORDE) and we wil synge prayses in thy house, all the dayes of oure life.
Ps 79:9
70%
9 Helpe vs (O God or Sauyor) for ye glory of yi name: o delyuer vs, & forgeue vs or synnes for yi names sake.
Ps 9:2
70%
2 I wil be glad & reioyse in the, yee my songes wil I make of thy name, o thou most hyest.
Ps 67:2
70%
2 Sela. That we maye knowe yi waye vpo earth, yi sauynge health amonge all Heithen.
2 Chr 6:41
69%
41 Aryse now O LORDE God vnto thy restinge place, thou and the Arke of thy strength. Let thy prestes O LORDE God be clothed with health, and let thy sayentes reioyse ouer this good.
Jer 51:10
69%
10 And therfore come on, we will shewe Sion the worke of the LORDE oure God.
Isa 33:22
69%
22 For the LORDE shalbe oure capteyne, the LORDE shalbe oure lawe geuer, The LORDE shalbe oure kinge, & he himself shalbe oure Sauioure.
2 Sam 22:50
69%
50 For this cause wyl I geue thankes vnto the amonge the Heythen, and synge prayses vnto thy name.
Ps 140:7
69%
7 O LORDE God, thou strength of my health, thou hast couered my heade in ye daye of battayll.
Ps 3:8
69%
8 Helpe belongeth vnto the LORDE, therfore let thy blessynge be vpon thy people.
Ps 80:3
69%
3 Turne vs agayne (o God) shewe the light of thy countenauce & we shalbe whole.