Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Let him pray to God and he will accept him; he will appear before him with joyful shouts!"

New American Standard Bible

Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him,
That he may see His face with joy,
And He may restore His righteousness to man.

King James Version

He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

Holman Bible

He will pray to God, and God will delight in him.
That man will see His face with a shout of joy,
and God will restore his righteousness to him.

A Conservative Version

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy, and he restores to man his righteousness.

American Standard Version

He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him, So that he seeth his face with joy: And he restoreth unto man his righteousness.

Amplified


“He will pray to God, and He shall be favorable to him,
So that he looks at His face with joy;
For God restores to man His righteousness [that is, his right standing with God—with its joys].

Bible in Basic English

He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;

Darby Translation

He shall pray unto +God, and he will receive him with favour; and he shall see his face with shoutings, and he will render unto man his righteousness.

Julia Smith Translation

He shall pray to God and he shall receive him into favor: and he shall see his face with rejoicing, and he will turn back to man his justice.

King James 2000

He shall pray unto God, and he will be favorable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He prays to God, then he accepts him, and he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he repays to the human being his righteousness.

Modern King James verseion

he shall pray to God, and He will be gracious to him; and he shall see His face with joy, for He will restore to man his righteousness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For if he submit himself unto God, he is gracious, and showeth him his countenance joyfully, and rewardeth man for his righteousness.

NET Bible

He entreats God, and God delights in him, he sees God's face with rejoicing, and God restores to him his righteousness.

New Heart English Bible

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

The Emphasized Bible

He made supplication unto GOD, who hath accepted him, and he hath beheld his face with a shout of triumph, Thus hath he given back to man his righteousness.

Webster

He shall pray to God, and he will be favorable to him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render to man his righteousness.

World English Bible

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

Youngs Literal Translation

He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He shall pray
עתר 
`athar 
Usage: 20

אלהּ אלוהּ 
'elowahh 
God, god
Usage: 57

and he will be favourable
רצה 
Ratsah 
Usage: 56

unto him and he shall see
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

with joy
תּרוּעה 
T@ruw`ah 
Usage: 36

for he will render
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

אנושׁ 
'enowsh 
Usage: 42

References

Context Readings

A Third Way God Warns People

25 Let his flesh be rejuvenated as he was in his youth! Let him recover the strength of his youth. 26 Let him pray to God and he will accept him; he will appear before him with joyful shouts!" 27 "He'll sing to mankind with these words: "I've sinned. I have twisted what is right. Yet he has not repaid me like I deserve.

Cross References

Psalm 50:15

Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."

Numbers 6:25-26

May the LORD's face enlighten you and bestow favor on you.

1 Samuel 26:23

The LORD repays a person for his righteousness and his faithfulness. The LORD gave you into my control today, but I refused to raise my hand against the LORD's anointed.

2 Kings 20:2-5

So Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD.

2 Chronicles 33:12-13

But when he was in trouble, he sought the face of the LORD his God, humbled himself magnificently before the God of his ancestors,

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer, how God was moved by him, all of his sin and unfaithfulness, and a record of the sites where he constructed high places, erected Asherim and carved images before he humbled himself are written in the Acts of the Seers.

Job 22:26-27

"Then you'll take delight in the Almighty; and will turn your face toward God.

Job 34:11

because he repays a person for his behavior; and according to a person's conduct, he lets it happen to him.

Job 34:28

As a result, the cries of the poor have reached him and he has heard the cry of the afflicted.

Job 42:8-9

So take seven bulls and seven rams and bring them to my servant Job. And bring a whole burnt offering for yourselves and my servant Job will pray for you. I'll encourage him by not responding as your disgraceful folly deserves, since you didn't speak about me correctly as did my servant Job."

Psalm 4:6-7

Many are asking, "Who will help us to see better days?" LORD, may the light of your favor shine upon us.

Psalm 6:1-9

LORD, in your anger, do not rebuke me, in your wrath, do not discipline me.

Psalm 16:11

You cause me to know the path of life; in your presence is joyful abundance, at your right hand there are pleasures forever. A Davidic Prayer.

Psalm 18:20

The LORD will reward me because I am righteous; because my hands are clean he will restore me;

Psalm 28:1-2

To you, LORD, I cry out! My Rock, do not refuse to answer me. If you remain silent, I will become like those who descend into the Pit.

Psalm 28:6

Blessed be the LORD! For he has heard the sound of my supplications.

Psalm 30:5

For his wrath is only momentary; yet his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may lodge for the night, but shouts of joy will come in the morning.

Psalm 30:7-11

By your favor, LORD, you established me as a strong mountain; Then you hid your face, and I was dismayed.

Psalm 41:8-11

They say, "Wickedness is entrenched in him. Once he is brought low, he will not rise again."

Psalm 62:12

Also to you, Lord, belongs gracious love, because you reward each person according to what he does. A Davidic Psalm, while he was in the Judean wilderness.

Psalm 67:1

May God show us favor and bless us; may he truly show us his favor. Interlude

Psalm 91:15

When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him in his distress. I will deliver him, and I will honor him.

Psalm 116:1-6

I love the LORD because he has heard my prayer for mercy;

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, "Look here, we didn't know about this," doesn't God, who examines motives, discern it? Doesn't the one who guards your soul know about it? Won't he repay each person according to what he has done?

Isaiah 30:19

Indeed, you people who live in Zion and in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious the LORD will be to you at the sound of your cry! As soon as he hears it, he will answer you.

Jeremiah 33:3

"Call to me and I'll answer you, and will tell you about great and hidden things that you don't know.'

Jonah 2:2-7

He said: "I called out to the LORD from the midst of affliction directed at me, and he answered me. From the depths of death I cried out for help; and you heard my cry.

Matthew 10:41-42

The one who receives a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.

Acts 2:28

You have made the ways of life known to me, and you will fill me with gladness in your presence.'

Acts 9:11

The Lord told him, "Get up, go to the street called Straight, and in the home of Judas look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. At this very moment he's praying.

Hebrews 11:26

He thought that being insulted for the sake of the Messiah was of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.

Jude 1:24

Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling and to make you stand joyful and faultless in his glorious presence,

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