Passage

Psalms 24.4

Book: Psalms · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"2. For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods. 3. Who shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah? And who shall stand in his holy place?"

"4. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully."

"5. He shall receive a blessing from Jehovah, And righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6. This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, even Jacob. [[Selah" (Psalms 24:2-6, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"2. For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods. 3. Who may ascend to Yahweh’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place?"

"4. He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully."

"5. He shall receive a blessing from Yahweh, righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6. This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face, even Jacob. Selah." (Psalms 24:2-6, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"2. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. 3. Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?"

"4. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. ^{He: Heb. The clean of hands}"

"5. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6. This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. ^{O Jacob: or, O God of Jacob}" (Psalms 24:2-6, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"2. For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it. 3. Who goeth up into the hill of Jehovah? And who riseth up in His holy place?"

"4. The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit."

"5. He beareth away a blessing from Jehovah, Righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6. This [is] a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Thy face, O Jacob! Selah." (Psalms 24:2-6, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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