KJV King James Version
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
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Psalm 45:2
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
WEB World English Bible
You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou hast been beautified above the sons of men, Grace hath been poured into thy lips, Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age.
Surrounding context — Psalm 45
1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.
2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
3 Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
5 Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
יָפְיָפִ֡יתָH3302 · ya.phahbe beautifulמִבְּנֵ֬יH1121 · benson: childאָדָ֗םH120 · a.dammanה֣וּצַקH3332 · ya.tsaqto pour: pourחֵ֭ןH2580 · chenfavorבְּשְׂפְתוֹתֶ֑יךָH8193 · sa.phahlipsעַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּ֤ןH3651 · kenrightבֵּֽרַכְךָ֖H1288 · ba.rakhto blessאֱלֹהִ֣יםH430 · e.lo.himGodלְעוֹלָֽם׃H5769 · o.lamforever: enduring
Cross-references
Luke 4:22And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?Song of Solomon 5:10-16My beloved [is] white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.Psalm 21:6For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.John 7:46The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.Hebrews 7:26For such an high priest became us, [who is] holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.Song of Solomon 2:3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste.Proverbs 22:11He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.Psalm 72:17-19His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.Revelation 1:13-18And in the midst of the seven candlesticks [one] like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.Matthew 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.Zechariah 9:17For how great [is] his goodness, and how great [is] his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;Isaiah 50:4The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to [him that is] weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.Philippians 2:9-11Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:Hebrews 1:3-4Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;Colossians 1:15-18Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
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