Psalms 45:7 — Compare Translations

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You love righteousness, uprightness, and right standing with God and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows. [Heb. 1:8, 9.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

You love righteousness, uprightness, and right standing with God and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows. [Heb. 1:8, 9.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy more than your companions.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

English EASY 2024

You love people to do what is right, and you hate anything that is evil. So God, your God, has chosen you to be greater than all your people. He has put special olive oil on you, to make you happy.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

You love what is right and hate what is evil. So God, your God, chose you to be king and made you happier than any of your friends.

you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;

English GNT (Good News Translation)

you love what is right and hate what is evil. That is why God, your God, has chosen you and has poured out more happiness on you than on any other king.

English God's Word - GW 1995

You have loved what is right and hated what is wrong. That is why God, your God, has anointed you, rather than your companions, with the oil of joy.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you, more than your companions, with the oil of joy.

English KJV 1611

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

English LSB

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your companions.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness more than your companions.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your fellows.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Your throne, O god, stands forever; your royal scepter is a scepter for justice.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

You love what is right and hate what is evil. So your God has placed you above your companions. He has filled you with joy by pouring the sacred oil on your head.

English NIV

You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.

English NKJ 1982

You love righteousness and hate wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.

English NLT

You love what is right and hate what is wrong. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

you love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

You are passionate for righteousness, and you hate lawlessness. This is why God, your God, crowns you with bliss above your fellow kings. He has anointed you, more than any other, with his oil of fervent joy, the very fragrance of heaven’s gladness.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

you love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

You love what is good And hate what is wrong. Therefore God, your God, Has given you more gladness Than anyone else.

English Tyndale 1537

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: wherefore God (which is thy God) hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.