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Psalms 89:29

27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

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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.

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BSB
I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
KJV
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
WEB
I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
ASV
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
DARBY
And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
BLB
And I will establish His seed forever, and his throne like the days of the heavens.
ÅB
Og jeg vil la hans avkom bli til evig tid og hans trone som himmelens dager.
OTB
Slik vil jeg sikre hans etterkommere for all tid,
Og hans trone så varig som himmelens dager.
B1930
Og jeg vil la hans avkom bli til evig tid og hans trone som himmelens dager.

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  • Psalms 89:4

    Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

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  • Deuteronomy 11:21

    That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

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  • Isaiah 9:7

    Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

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  • Psalms 89:36

    His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

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  • Daniel 2:44

    And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

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  • Luke 1:32–33

    He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

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  • 1 Chronicles 17:11–12

    And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

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  • Isaiah 59:21

    As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

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