Psalms 136:21
19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:
And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:
22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.
23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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
- 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
And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.
Read in contextPsalms 44:2–3
How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
Read in contextNumbers 32:33–42
And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
Read in contextPsalms 78:55
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Read in contextJoshua 12:1–7
Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
Read in contextJoshua 13:1–21
Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
Read in contextPsalms 105:44
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
Read in contextNehemiah 9:22–24
Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
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