Psalm 147:13 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

He makes the bars across your gates strong. He blesses the children within you.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

ASV:

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.

BBE:

He has made strong the iron bands of your doors; he has sent blessings on your children inside your walls.

DBY:

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee;

ERV:

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

JPS:

For He hath made strong the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.

WBS:

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

WEB:

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

YLT:

For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.

Psalm 147:13 Cross References

XREF:

Nehemiah 3:3 Now the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and bars.

Nehemiah 7:3 Then I said to them, "Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot, and while they are standing guard, let them shut and bolt the doors. Also appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post, and each in front of his own house."

Psalm 37:26 All day long he is gracious and lends, And his descendants are a blessing. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

147:13 For he hath {i} strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
(i) He not only furnishes his Church with all that is necessary but preserves also the same, and makes it strong against all outward force.

WES:

147:13 Thy gates - Thy strength consists not in thy walls, and gates, and bars, but in his protection.

MHC:

147:12-20 The church, like Jerusalem of old, built up and preserved by the wisdom, power, and goodness of God, is exhorted to praise him for all the benefits and blessings vouchsafed to her; and these are represented by his favours in the course of nature. The thawing word may represent the gospel of Christ, and the thawing wind the Spirit of Christ; for the Spirit is compared to the wind, Joh 3:8. Converting grace softens the heart that was hard frozen, and melts it into tears of repentance, and makes good reflections to flow, which before were chilled and stopped up. The change which the thaw makes is very evident, yet how it is done no one can say. Such is the change wrought in the conversion of a soul, when God's word and Spirit are sent to melt it and restore it to itself.

CONC:

Bands Bars Blessed Blesses Blessings Doors Gates Inside Iron Midst Sons Strengthen Strengthened Strengthens Strong Walls Within

Bands Bars Blessed Blesses Blessings Children Doors Gates Inside Iron Midst Strengthen Strengthened Strengthens Strong Walls Within

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