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Psalm 23World English Bible · 2020 · public domain
A Psalm by David.
The LORD is my shepherd;I shall lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil, for you are with me.Your rod and your staff,they comfort me.
You prepare a table before mein the presence of my enemies.You anoint my head with oil.My cup runs over.
Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life,and I will dwell in the LORD’s house forever.
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- WEBEnglish
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
- VulgataLatina
In principio creavit Deus cælum et terram.
- Синод.Русский
В начале сотворил Бог небо и землю.
- 和合本中文
起初， 神创造天地。
- Van Dyckالعربية
فِي ٱلْبَدْءِ خَلَقَ ٱللهُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ.
- WLCעברית
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
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- World English BibleModern English · the site default
- King James VersionCrown letters patent apply within the UK
- American Standard Version
- English Revised Version
- Geneva BibleThe first complete English Bible with numbered verses
- Douay-RheimsEnglish made from Jerome’s Latin, not the Greek
- Young's Literal Translation
- Darby Translation
- Webster's Bible
- Bible in Basic EnglishA 1,000-word vocabulary
- JPS Tanakh 1917
Other languages23
- Diodati 1649The Italian Bible of the Reformation
- RivedutaLuzzi’s revision · the Italian Protestant standard
- Reina-Valera 1909The Spanish standard for a century
- Louis SegondThe French standard since 1910
- Ostervald
- LutherbibelLuther’s German, as revised in 1912
- Elberfelder 1905
- Textbibel 1906
- Statenvertaling (1637)
- Bibelselskapet 1930The Norwegian Bible Society’s 1930 revision
- Svenska (1917)
- Biblia (1776)
- Károli 1908The Hungarian Protestant standard · revised 1908
- Bíblia Portuguesa MundialBrazilian Portuguese · finished in 2018
- Синодальный переводThe Russian Bible authorised in 1876
- Bible kralická (1613)
- Sveto pismo (Karadžić–Daničić)
- 新标点和合本The Union Version · standard Chinese since 1919
- 口語訳聖書Modern colloquial Japanese · 1955
- Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
- فان دايكThe Arabic standard since 1865 · right-to-left
- Βάμβας (1850)
- Clementine VulgateJerome’s Latin, as revised in 1592–98
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A Psalm by David.
The LORD is my shepherd;I shall lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil, for you are with me.Your rod and your staff,they comfort me.
מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִ֑ד יְהוָ֥ה רֹ֝עִ֗י לֹ֣א אֶחְסָֽר׃
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