The LORD Has Chosen Zion
Psalms 132:11
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.Literally “From the fruit of your body I will set (one) on your throne. Cited in Acts 2:30
- KJV
- The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.body: Heb. belly
- WEB
- Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
- ASV
- Jehovah hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
- LSV
- YHWH has sworn truth to David, || He does not turn back from it: “Of the fruit of your body, || I set on the throne for you.
- YLT
- Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee.
- DBY
- Jehovah hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;
- DRC131:11
- The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne.
- GNV
- The Lord hath sworne in trueth vnto Dauid, and he wil not shrinke from it, saying, Of the fruite of thy body will I set vpon thy throne.
- JPS
- The LORD swore unto David in truth; He will not turn back from it: 'Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
- LXXE131:11
- The Lord sware in truth to David, and he will not annul it, saying, Of the fruit of thy body will I set a king upon thy throne.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- נִשְׁבַּֽע־יְהוָ֨ה ׀ לְדָוִ֡ד אֱמֶת֮ לֹֽא־יָשׁ֪וּב מִ֫מֶּ֥נָּה מִפְּרִ֥י בִטְנְךָ֑ אָ֝שִׁ֗ית לְכִסֵּא־לָֽךְ׃
- LXX-Br131:11
- Ὤμοσε Κύριος τῷ Δαυὶδ ἀλήθειαν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθετήσει αὐτὴν, ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς κοιλίας σου, θήσομαι ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνον σου.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DavidMary the VirginKirjath-jearimFruitFaithfulness of God, TheThroneMaryArk of the CovenantOathBody
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Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- Acts 2:30But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
- Psalms 89:3–4You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant: ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
- Psalms 110:4The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:16Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard…
- Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- Luke 1:69–70He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
- Luke 1:32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
- Jeremiah 33:20–26“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time, then My covenant may also be broken with David My…
- 2 Samuel 7:16Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
- 1 Kings 8:25Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard…
- 2 Samuel 7:14I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
- 1 Samuel 15:29Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
- 1 Chronicles 17:11–13And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. He will build a house for Me, and I will establish…
- Psalms 89:35Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
- Psalms 89:37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
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- 131:11 in some Bibles
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