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Psalms 16:6

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

KJV

Ego clamavi, quoniam exaudisti me, Deus ; inclina aurem tuam mihi, et exaudi verba mea.

Vulgate

ἐγὼ ἐκέκραξα, ὅτι ἐπήκουσάς μου, ὁ θεός· κλῖνον τὸ οὖς σου ἐμοὶ καὶ εἰσάκουσον τῶν ῥημάτων μου.

LXX

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage.

ASV

חֲבָלִ֣ים נָֽפְלוּ לִ֭/י בַּ/נְּעִמִ֑ים אַף נַ֝חֲלָ֗ת שָֽׁפְרָ֥ה עָלָֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַף
'p
adverb · 133×
וֹ
v
noun · 221×
חֶ֣בֶל
chbl
noun · 61×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
נְּעִימִֽים
n'ymym
adjective · 13×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שָֽׁפְרָ֥ה
shprh
verb · 1×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:21 — Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
  • 2Tim 2:12 — If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
  • Eph 1:18 — The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
  • Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • Jer 3:19 — But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from m
  • Phil 2:9 — Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
  • Ps 21:1 — The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
  • Ps 78:55 — He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
  • Rev 3:21 — To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
  • Rom 8:17 — And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.