Know the Text⌕

Reading as Seek: to learn Scripture and its teachings. Same facts, warmer framing.

Read›Psalms›Chapter 119

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Psalms 119:89

In 11 translations

BSB
Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
KJV
For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
WEB
Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
ASV
For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven.
LSV
[LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up in the heavens.
YLT
[Lamed.] To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.
DBY
LAMED. For ever, O Jehovah, thy word is settled in the heavens.
DRC118:89
LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
GNV
LAMED. O Lord, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.
JPS
LAMED. For ever, O LORD, Thy word standeth fast in heaven.
LXXE118:89
Thy word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

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
לְעוֹלָ֥ם יְהוָ֑ה דְּ֝בָרְךָ֗ נִצָּ֥ב בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
LXX-Br118:89
Εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, Κύριε, ὁ λόγος σου διαμένει ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ,

Who and where

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Peter 1:25but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
  • Matthew 5:18For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
  • Matthew 24:34–35Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  • Psalms 119:160The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
  • Psalms 119:152Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
  • Psalms 89:2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
  • 2 Peter 3:13But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 118:89 in some Bibles
  • 119:89 in most Bibles

Report a problem

Found something wrong, unsourced or unfair? Tell us; every report is read. Please don’t include personal information.

↑