Psalms 105:10
8 He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
9 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:
11 “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
12 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 confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
- WEB
- and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; 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 established it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel [as] a covenant forever,
- ÅB
- og han stadfestet den som en rett for Jakob, som en evig pakt for Israel,
- OTB
- Så bekreftet Han det for Jakob som en forordning,
For Israel som en evig pakt, - B1930
- og han stadfestet den som en rett for Jakob, som en evig pakt for Israel,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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?
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextGenesis 28:13–15
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
Read in contextHebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
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