Psalms 105:42
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
- KJV
- For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
- WEB
- For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
- ASV
- For he remembered his holy word, [And] Abraham his servant.
- DARBY
- For he remembered his holy word, [and] Abraham his servant;
- BLB
- For He remembered the word of His holiness to Abraham His servant.
- ÅB
- For han kom i hu sitt hellige ord, Abraham, sin tjener,
- OTB
- For Han husket Sin hellige pakt
Med Sin tjener Abraham; - B1930
- For han kom i hu sitt hellige ord, Abraham, sin tjener,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 2:24
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Read in contextLuke 1:72–73
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
Read in contextLuke 1:54–55
He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextMicah 7:20
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Read in contextGenesis 13:14–17
And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
Read in contextExodus 32:13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
Read in contextPsalms 105:8–11
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
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