Psalm 40:4 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899 In this text: Psalm 39:5
Blessed is the man whose trust is in the name of the Lord; and who hath not had regard to vanities, and lying follies.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version In this text: Psalm 39:5
Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has no respect for vanities and absurd falsehoods.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Blessed is the man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
LSV Literal Standard Version
O the blessedness of the man || Who has made YHWH his trust, || And has not turned to the proud, || And those turning aside to lies.
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
Blessed is the man that hath made Jehovah his confidence, and turneth not to the proud, and to such as turn aside to lies.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust, and regardeth not the proude, nor such as turne aside to lyes.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not honor the proud or those who turn away from him to lies.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
(40-5) Happy is the man that hath made the LORD his trust, and hath not turned unto the arrogant, nor unto such as fall away treacherously.
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint In this text: Psalm 39:5
Blessed [is] the man whose hope is the name of the Lord, and [who] has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint In this text: Psalm 39:5
Blessed [is] the man whose hope is the name of the Lord, And [who] has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies.
FBV Free Bible Version
Happy are those who trust in the Lord, who do not look for help from the arrogant or from those who worship idols.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Bienaventurado el hombre que puso á Jehová por su confianza, y no mira á los soberbios, ni á los que declinan á la mentira.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Muchas bendiciones se derraman sobre los que confían en el Señor, y no se fían de los altivos ni de los que confían en ídolos.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
¡Cuán bendecido es el varón quien fijó en Yavé su confianza, Que no mira a los soberbios Ni a los que se desvían hacia la falsedad!
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Felices son los que confían en el Señor, quienes no piden la ayuda de los arrogantes ni adoran ídolos.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Feliz es el hombre que confía en el Señor y no honra a los orgullosos ni a quienes se apartan para seguir el engaño.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint In this text: Psalm 39:5
Μακάριος ἀνὴρ, οὗ ἐστι τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου ἐλπὶς αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέβλεψεν εἰς ματαιότητας καὶ μανίας ψευδεῖς.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex In this text: Psalm 40:5
אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי הַגֶּ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֣ם יְ֭הֹוָה מִבְטַח֑וֹ וְֽלֹא־פָנָ֥ה אֶל־רְ֝הָבִ֗ים וְשָׂטֵ֥י כָזָֽב׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate In this text: Psalm 39:5
Beatus vir cujus est nomen Domini spes ejus, et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible) In this text: Psalm 39:5
Бл҃же́нъ мꙋ́жъ, є҆мꙋ́же є҆́сть и҆́мѧ гдⷭ҇не ᲂу҆пова́нїе є҆гѡ̀, и҆ не призрѣ̀ въ сꙋєты̀ и҆ неистовлє́нїѧ лѡ́жнаѧ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876) In this text: Psalm 39:5
Блажен человек, который на Господа возлагает надежду свою и не обращается к гордым и к уклоняющимся ко лжи.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Μακάριος ο άνθρωπος, όστις έθεσε τον Κύριον ελπίδα αυτού και δεν αποβλέπει εις τους υπερηφάνους και εις τους κλίνοντας επί ψεύδη.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Благо ономе који на Господа ставља надање своје, и не обраћа се охолима и оним који теже на лаж.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Blago onome koji na Gospoda stavlja nadanje svoje, i ne obraća se oholima i onim koji teže na laž.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
طُوبَى لِلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ ٱلرَّبَّ مُتَّكَلَهُ، وَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ إِلَى ٱلْغَطَارِيسِ وَٱلْمُنْحَرِفِينَ إِلَى ٱلْكَذِبِ.
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT