New International Version
Psalms 16:11
11You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.
Context of Psalms 16:11
9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, 10because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. 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.
Read all of Psalms 16Psalms 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 you for life, and you gave it to him— length of days, for ever and ever.
- Proverbs 2:19None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.
- Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
- Proverbs 5:6She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.
- Proverbs 12:28In the way of righteousness there is life; along that path is immortality.
- Isaiah 2:3Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
- Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- Romans 8:11And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.
- 1 Peter 1:21Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.
- Psalms 17:15As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
- Psalms 21:5Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.
- Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- Acts 2:28You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.’
- 1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
- 2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
- Ephesians 3:19and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
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
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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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