Psalm 105, side by side

Two versions of the same chapter. Each row is one verse, so you can see how the wording changes.

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1Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.

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1O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.

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2Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.

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2Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

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3Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

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3Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

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4Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

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4Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

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5Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,

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5Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

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6O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.

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6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

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7He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.

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7He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

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8He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—

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8He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

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9the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.

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9Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

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10He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

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10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

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11“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

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11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

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12When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

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12When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

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13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

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13When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;

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14He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

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14He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

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15“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”

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15Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

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16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

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16Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

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17He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.

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17He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

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18They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,

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18Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

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19until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.

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19Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.

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20The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.

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20The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.

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21He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,

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21He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:

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22to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.

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22To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

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23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.

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23Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

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24And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,

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24And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.

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25whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.

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25He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.

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26He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

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26He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

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27They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

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27They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

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28He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.

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28He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

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29He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.

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29He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

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30Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.

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30Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.

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31He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.

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31He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.

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32He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.

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32He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.

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33He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.

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33He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.

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34He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.

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34He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,

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35They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.

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35And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

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36Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.

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36He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

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37He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.

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37He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

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38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.

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38Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.

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39He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.

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39He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

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40They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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40The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

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41He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

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42For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.

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42For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

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43He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.

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43And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:

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44He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,

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44And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;

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45that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!

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45That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

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