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His Loving Devotion Endures Forever

Psalms 136:21

In 11 translations

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;
LSV
And He gave their land for inheritance, || For His kindness [is] for all time.
YLT
And He gave their land for inheritance, For to the age [is] His kindness.
DBY
And gave their land for an inheritance, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever,
DRC135:21
And he gave their land for an inheritance: for his mercy endureth for ever.
GNV
And gaue their land for an heritage: for his mercie endureth for euer:
JPS
And gave their land for a heritage, for His mercy endureth for ever;
LXXE135:21
and gave their land for an inheritance: for his mercy endures for ever:

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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
וְנָתַ֣ן אַרְצָ֣ם לְנַחֲלָ֑ה כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br135:21
Καὶ δόντι τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν κληρονομίαν, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ·

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
  • Psalms 135:12He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.
  • Nehemiah 9:22–24You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan. You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and…
  • Deuteronomy 3:12–17So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities. To the half-tribe of…
  • Numbers 32:33–42So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the…
  • Psalms 78:55He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
  • Psalms 44:2–3With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out. For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by…
  • Joshua 12:1–7Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward: Sihon king of the…
  • Joshua 13:1–21Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed. This is the land that remains: All the territory of the…

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