Psalms 16:11

Psalms 16:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
• New International Version (NIV)You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Context of Psalms 16:11

9Therefore my heart is glad and my glory [my innermost self] rejoices; My body too will dwell [confidently] in safety, 10For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay. You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Psalms 16:11 word by word

תּֽוֹדִיעֵנִי֮ אֹ֤רַח חַ֫יִּ֥ים שֹׂ֣בַע שְׂ֭מָחוֹת אֶת־פָּנֶ֑יךָ נְעִמ֖וֹת בִּימִינְךָ֣ נֶֽצַח׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou wilt shewיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• me the pathאֹ֫רַח'ôrach · wayH734
• of lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• in thy presenceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• fulnessשֹׂ֫בַעώôba‛ · satietyH7648
• of joyשִׂמְחָהώimchâh · joyH8057
• at thy right handיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
• pleasuresנָעִיםnâ‛îym · pleasantH5273
• for evermoreנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331

Cross-references for Psalms 16:11

• Psalms 21:4He asked life of You, And You gave it to him, Long life forever and evermore.
• Proverbs 2:19None who go to her return again, Nor do they regain the paths of life—
• Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn, That shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day.
• Proverbs 5:6So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life; Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.
• Proverbs 12:28In the way of righteousness is life, And in its pathway there is no death [but immortality—eternal life].
• Isaiah 2:3And many peoples shall come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house (temple) of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us His ways And that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go out from Zion And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
• Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it.
• Romans 8:11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
• 1 Peter 1:21and through Him you believe [confidently] in God [the heavenly Father], who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are [centered and rest] in God.
• Psalms 17:15As for me, I shall see Your face in righteousness; I will be [fully] satisfied when I awake [to find myself] seeing Your likeness.
• Psalms 21:5His glory is great because of Your victory; Splendor and majesty You bestow upon him.
• Matthew 5:8“Blessed [anticipating God’s presence, spiritually mature] are the pure in heart [those with integrity, moral courage, and godly character], for they will see God.
• Acts 2:28You have made known to me the ways of life; You will fill me [infusing my soul] with joy with Your presence.’
• 1 Corinthians 13:12For now [in this time of imperfection] we see in a mirror dimly [a blurred reflection, a riddle, an enigma], but then [when the time of perfection comes we will see reality] face to face. Now I know in part [just in fragments], but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known [by God].
• 2 Corinthians 4:17For our momentary, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a transcendent splendor and an endless blessedness]!
• Ephesians 3:19and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself].

Commentaries on Psalms 16:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Thou wilt show me the path of life - I first shall find the way out of the regions of death, to die no more. Thus Christ was the first fruits of them that slept. Several had before risen from the dead, but they died again. Jesus rose from the dead, and is alive for evermore. Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead was the first entrance out of the grave to eternal life or lives, חיים chaiyim, for the word is in the plural, and with great propriety too…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Thou wilt show me the path of life - In this connection this means that though he was to die - to descend to the regions of the dead, and to lie down in the dark grave - yet there WAS a path again to the living world, and that that path would be pointed out to him by God. In other words, he would not be suffered to remain among the dead, or to wander away forever with those who were in the under world, but he would be brought back: to the living world…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11at Your right hand: See Psalm 16:7–8; 110:1.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Raised from the dead, he shall die no more; death hath no more dominion over him. Thou wilt show me--guide me to attain. the path of life--or, "lives"--the plural denoting variety and abundance--immortal blessedness of every sort--as "life" often denotes. in thy presence--or, "before Thy faces." The frequent use of this plural form for "faces" may contain an allusion to the Trinity (Nu 6:25, 26; Psa 17:15; 31:16). at thy right hand--to which Christ…Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 16:11

• Faith
• Heaven
• Immortality
• Jesus, the Christ
• Joy
• Prophecy
• Quotations and Allusions
• Way

In the dictionaries

• Corruption
• Hades
• Hell
• Michtam
• Prophecy
• Resurrection of Christ
• Accommodation
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Joy
• Life

Commentaries on Psalms 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings