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Amplified


The Lord swore to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“One of your descendants I will set upon your throne.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord has sworn to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

The Lord swore an oath to David,
a promise He will not abandon:
“I will set one of your descendants
on your throne.

International Standard Version

The LORD made an oath to David from which he will not retreat: "One of your sons I will set in place on your throne.

A Conservative Version

LORD has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: From the fruit of thy body I will set upon thy throne.

American Standard Version

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.

Darby Translation

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;

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah sware the truth to David; he will not turn back from it: from the fruit of thy belly I will set upon the throne to thee.

King James 2000

The LORD has sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of your body will I set upon your throne.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh swore [in] truth to David; he will not turn back from it. "One from the fruit of your {body} I will set on your throne.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah has sworn to David in truth; He will not turn from it; Of the fruit of your body I will set on the throne for you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD hath made a faithful oath unto David, and he shall not shrink from it, "Of the fruit of the body shall I set upon thy seat.

NET Bible

The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, "I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: "I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

The Emphasized Bible

Yahweh hath sworn unto David, in faithfulness, will he not turn from it, - Of the fruit of thy body, will I seat on thy throne.

Webster

The LORD hath sworn in truth to David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

World English Bible

Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: "I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

References

Context Readings

David And Zion Chosen

10
For the sake of Your servant David,
Do not turn away the face of Your anointed.
11 
The Lord swore to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“One of your descendants I will set upon your throne.
12
“If your children will keep My covenant
And My testimony which I will teach them,
Their children also shall sit upon your throne forever.”


Cross References

2 Samuel 7:12

When your days are fulfilled and you lie down [in death] with your fathers (ancestors), I will raise up your descendant after you, who shall be born to you, and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 6:16

Now therefore, O Lord, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David, my father, that which You promised him, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man to sit on the throne of Israel, provided your sons are careful to walk in My law as you, [David,] have walked before Me.’

Psalm 89:3-4


[God has said] “I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn to David My servant,

Psalm 110:4


The Lord has sworn [an oath] and will not change His mind:
You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

Acts 2:30

And so, being a prophet and knowing fully that God had sworn to him with an oath that He would seat one of his descendants on his throne,

1 Samuel 15:29

Also the Splendor and Glory and Eminence of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind.”

2 Samuel 7:14

I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. When he commits iniquity (wrongdoing), I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the strokes of the sons of man.

2 Samuel 7:16

Your house (royal dynasty) and your kingdom will endure forever before Me; your throne will be established forever.”’”

1 Kings 8:25

Now therefore, O Lord, the God of Israel, keep for Your servant my father David that which You promised him when You said, ‘You shall not be without a man (descendant) to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way [of life] to walk before Me [according to my laws] as you have done.’

1 Chronicles 17:11-13

And it shall come to pass that when your days are completed and you must go to be with your fathers [in death], I will raise up one of your descendants after you, one of your own sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

Psalm 89:33


“Nevertheless, I will not break off My lovingkindness from him,
Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.

Psalm 89:35


“Once [for all] I have sworn by My holiness, [My vow which cannot be violated];
I will not lie to David.

Psalm 89:37


“It shall be established forever like the moon,
And the witness in the heavens is ever faithful.” Selah.

Jeremiah 33:20-26

“Thus says the Lord, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night do not take place at their appointed times,

Luke 1:32

He will be great and eminent and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;

Luke 1:69-70


And He has raised up a horn of salvation [a mighty and valiant Savior] for us
In the house of David His servant—

Hebrews 6:18

so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.

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