American Standard Version
Psalms 16:6
6The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;Yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Psalms 16:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
- New International Version (NIV)The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Yes, I have a good inheritance.
Context of Psalms 16:6
4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that give gifts for another god: Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, Nor take their names upon my lips. 5Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons. 8I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Read all of Psalms 16Psalms 16:6 word by word
חֲבָלִ֣ים נָֽפְלוּ־לִ֭י בַּנְּעִמִ֑ים אַף־נַ֝חֲלָ֗ת שָֽׁפְרָ֥ה עָלָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 16:6
- Psalms 78:55He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
- Amos 7:17therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou thyself shalt die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
- Psalms 21:1The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah; And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
- Hebrews 12:2looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Jeremiah 3:19But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
- John 20:17Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
- Romans 8:17and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him.
- 1 Corinthians 3:21Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;
- Ephesians 1:18having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
- Philippians 2:9Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;
- 2 Timothy 2:12if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:
- Revelation 3:21He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.
Commentaries on Psalms 16:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places - Here is an allusion to the ancient division of the land by lot among the Israelites, the breadth and length being ascertained by lines which were used in measuring. I have got a rich inheritance of immortal spirits; and I myself, as man, shall have a name above every name, and be raised to thy throne, on which I shall sit, and be admired in my saints to all eternity. I have a goodly heritage - A Church, an…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The lines - The word used here refers to the “lines” employed in measuring and dividing land, Amos 7:17; 2 Samuel 8:2. Hence, the word comes to denote a portion of land that is “measured out” (or that is “surveyed off”) to anyone - his possession or property; and hence, the word refers to the condition in life. The meaning here is, that in running out such a survey, “his” inheritance had been fixed in a pleasant and desirable part of the land. Are fallen…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The land is God’s gift for his people (Deuteronomy 18:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. God is the chief good, and supplies all need (De 10:9). portion of mine inheritance and of my cup--may contain an allusion to the daily supply of food, and also to the inheritance of Levi (De 18:1, 2). maintainest--or, drawest out my lot--enlargest it. Psa 16:7 carries out this idea more fully.Read the comment
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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
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