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A Prayer for Restoration

Lamentations 5:19

In 11 translations

BSB
You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
KJV
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
WEB
You, Yahweh, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation.
ASV
Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.
LSV
You, O YHWH, remain for all time, || Your throne to generation and generation.
YLT
Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation.
DBY
Thou, Jehovah, dwellest for ever; thy throne is from generation to generation.
DRC
But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for ever, thy throne from generation to generation.
GNV
But thou, O Lord, remainest for euer: thy throne is from generation to generation.
JPS
Thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever, Thy throne is from generation to generation.
LXXE
But thou, O Lord, shalt dwell for ever; thy throne shall endure to generation and generation.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֽוֹר׃
LXX-Br
Σὺ δὲ Κύριε εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατοικήσεις, ὁ θρόνος σου εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν.

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  • Psalms 102:12But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
  • Hebrews 1:8–12But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above…
  • Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
  • Psalms 102:25–27In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they…
  • Psalms 145:13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.
  • 1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
  • Psalms 9:7But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
  • Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
  • Psalms 146:10The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
  • Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
  • Habakkuk 1:12Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
  • Daniel 7:14And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be…
  • Psalms 29:10The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
  • Psalms 10:16The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
  • Daniel 7:27Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey…

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