Psalms 119:140

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Your word is very pure: therefore your servant loves it.

American King James Version (AKJV)

Your word is very pure: therefore your servant loves it.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Your word is of tested value; and it is dear to your servant.

Webster's Revision

Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

World English Bible

Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

English Revised Version (ERV)

Thy word is very pure; therefore thy servant loveth it.

Clarke's Psalms 119:140 Bible Commentary

Thy word is very pure - צרופה tseruphah, it is purification. It is not a purified thing, but a thing that purifies. "Now ye are clean," said Christ, "by the word I have spoken unto you." God's word is a fire to purify as well as a hammer to break.

Barnes's Psalms 119:140 Bible Commentary

Thy word is very pure - Margin, "tried or refined." See the word explained in the notes at Psalm 18:30.

Therefore thy servant loveth it - Therefore I love it. I love it because it is pure, holy, true; not merely because it will save me. Apart from all reference to myself. I love thy truth as truth; I love purity as purity; I love law as law; I love holiness as holiness. This is true religion.

Wesley's Psalms 119:140 Bible Commentary

119:140 Pure - Without the least mixture of falsehood.