Psalms 136:21
19 Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever.
20 and Og king of Bashan— His loving devotion endures forever.
and He gave their land as an inheritance, His loving devotion endures forever.
22 a heritage to His servant Israel. His loving devotion endures forever.
23 He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
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.
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- BSB
- and He gave their land as an inheritance, His loving devotion endures forever.
- KJV
- And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:
- WEB
- and gave their land as an inheritance, for his loving kindness endures forever;
- ASV
- And gave their land for a heritage; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever;
- DARBY
- And gave their land for an inheritance, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever,
- BLB
- and He gave their land as an inheritance—for His loving devotion [is] forever;
- ÅB
- og gav deres land til arv, for hans miskunnhet varer evindelig,
- OTB
- Og ga deres land som arv,
Hans kjærlighet varer evig. - B1930
- og gav deres land til arv, for hans miskunnhet varer evindelig,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 135:12
He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.
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 contextNumbers 32:33–42
So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
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 contextJoshua 12:1–7
Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:
Read in contextJoshua 13:1–21
Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.
Read in contextPsalms 105:44
He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
Read in contextNehemiah 9:22–24
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.
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