Psalms 105:44
42 For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
43 He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
45 that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
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
- He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
- KJV
- And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
- WEB
- He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
- ASV
- And he gave them the lands of the nations; And they took the labor of the peoples in possession:
- DARBY
- And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:
- BLB
- And He gave to them the lands of the nations, and they possessed the labor of the peoples,
- ÅB
- og han gav dem hedningefolks land, og hva folkeslag med strev hadde vunnet, tok de til eie,
- OTB
- Og Han ga dem folkenes land,
Og de arvet folkets arbeid, - B1930
- og han gav dem hedningefolks land, og hvad folkeslag med møie hadde vunnet, tok de til eie,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 24:13
So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’
Read in contextPsalms 78:55
He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:10–11
And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
Read in contextJoshua 11:23
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
Read in contextPsalms 44:2–3
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
Read in contextJoshua 24:8
Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:22–25
You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.
Read in contextPsalms 80:8
You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
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