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Nehemiah 9:8

God's faithfulnessCovenant and promisesFaithfulness and loyalty

6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

10 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

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BSB
You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
KJV
And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
WEB
found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his offspring, and have performed your words, for you are righteous.
ASV
and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.
DARBY
and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest the covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it to his seed; and thou hast performed thy words, for thou art righteous.
BLB
And You found his heart faithful before You, and You cut with him a covenant to give [him] the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, to give [it] to his seed. And You made stand Your words, for You [are] righteous.
ÅB
Og du fant hans hjerte trofast mot deg, og du gjorde den pakt med ham at du ville gi hans slekt kana'anittenes, hetittenes, amorittenes og ferisittenes og jebusittenes og girgasittenes land; og du holdt ditt ord, for du er rettferdig.
OTB
Du fant hans hjerte trofast for deg, og inngikk en pakt med ham om å gi hans etterkommere landet til kanaaneerne, hetittene, amorittene, perisittene, jebusittene og girgasittene. Du har oppfylt ditt løfte, for du er rettferdig.
B1930
Og du fant hans hjerte trofast mot dig, og du gjorde den pakt med ham at du vilde gi hans ætt kana'anittenes, hetittenes, amorittenes og ferisittenes og jebusittenes og girgasittenes land; og du holdt ditt ord, for du er rettferdig.

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  • Hebrews 6:18

    That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

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  • Genesis 15:18–21

    In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

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  • Genesis 15:6

    And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

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  • Joshua 23:14

    And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

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  • Genesis 12:7

    And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

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  • Joshua 21:43–45

    And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

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  • Genesis 17:7–8

    And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

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  • Titus 1:2

    In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

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