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Psalms 116:12

What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?

KJV

What shall I render unto Jehovah For all his benefits toward me?

ASV

מָֽה אָשִׁ֥יב לַ/יהוָ֑ה כָּֽל תַּגְמוּל֥וֹ/הִי עָלָֽ/י

Hebrew

What do I return to Jehovah? All His benefits are upon me.

YLT

What will I give to the LORD for all his benefits towards me?

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הִי
hy
pronoun · 1×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§224It means living in thanksgiving: if God is the only One, everything we are and have comes from him: "What have you that you did not receive?"48 "What shall I render to the LORD for all his bounty to me?"49

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:20 — For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
  • 2Chr 32:25 — But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
  • 2Cor 5:14 — For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
  • 2Kgs 20:5 — Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day tho
  • Isa 6:5 — Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
  • John 5:14 — Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
  • Luke 17:15 — And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
  • Ps 26:7 — That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
  • Ps 43:4 — Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
  • Ps 50:14 — Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
  • Ps 51:12 — Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
  • Ps 66:17 — I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
  • Ps 103:2 — Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
  • Ps 103:2 — Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
  • Ps 109:30 — I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
  • Rom 12:1 — I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
  • Rom 12:1 — I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.