1 Chronicles 16:17

¹⁵ Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—

¹⁶ the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.

He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

¹⁸ ‘I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.’

¹⁹ When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
KJV: And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
WEB: He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
ASV: And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
DARBY: And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, Unto Israel for an everlasting covenant,
BLB: And He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, to Israel [as] an everlasting covenant,

ÅB: Han stadfestet den som en rett for Jakob, som en evig pakt for Israel,
OTB: Han bekreftet det også for Jakob som en forskrift,
For Israel som en evig pakt,
B1930: Han stadfestet den som en rett for Jakob, som en evig pakt for Israel,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 35:11–12
And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
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Genesis 17:7–8
I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
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Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
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2 Samuel 23:5
Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
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Psalms 78:10
They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.
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Jeremiah 11:2
“Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
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Joshua 24:11–13
After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.
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Exodus 3:17
And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
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