KJV King James Version
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
WEB World English Bible
You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys is with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!
Surrounding context — Psalm 16
8 I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.
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Acts 2:28Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,Psalm 36:7-8How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.Revelation 7:15-17Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.Ephesians 3:19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.Psalm 21:4-6He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length of days for ever and ever.Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.Psalm 17:15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.Matthew 7:14Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.Matthew 5:8Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.2 Corinthians 4:17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory;Revelation 22:5And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.Isaiah 2:3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.Proverbs 12:28In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.1 Peter 3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.Romans 8:11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.Psalm 139:24And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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