Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; You shall establish Your faithfulness in the heavens.
New American Standard Bible
In the heavens You will establish Your
King James Version
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
Holman Bible
“Faithful love is built up forever;
You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens.”
International Standard Version
I will declare that your gracious love was established forever; in the heavens itself, you have established your faithfulness.
A Conservative Version
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever. Thy faithfulness thou will establish in the very heavens.
American Standard Version
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.
Amplified
For I have said, “Goodness and lovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens [unchangeable and majestic] You will establish Your faithfulness.”
Bible in Basic English
For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
Darby Translation
For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.
Julia Smith Translation
For I said, Mercy shall be built up forever: the heavens, thy faithfulness shall be prepared in them.
King James 2000
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever: your faithfulness shall you establish in the very heavens.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For I say, "Forever [your] loyal love is built up. [The] heavens you have established [with] your faithfulness in them."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For I have said, "Mercy shall be set up for ever; thy truth shalt thou establish in the heavens."
NET Bible
For I say, "Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness."
New Heart English Bible
I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."
The Emphasized Bible
For I said, To times age-abiding, shall lovingkindness be built up, As for the heavens, thou wilt establish thy faithfulness therein.
Webster
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.
World English Bible
I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."
Youngs Literal Translation
For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 89:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Perplexity About God's Promises
1 A Poem of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of Jehovah forever; with my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; You shall establish Your faithfulness in the heavens. 3 I have cut a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant,
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 36:5
Your mercy, O Jehovah, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
Psalm 103:17
But the mercy of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness is to sons of sons;
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man that He should lie, neither the son of man that He should repent. Has He said, and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken, and shall He not make it good?
Nehemiah 1:5
And I said, I pray You, O Jehovah, the God of Heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and mercy for those who love Him and keep His commandments;
Nehemiah 9:17
And they refused to obey, neither were they mindful of Your wonders which You did among them. But they hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But You are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and did not forsake them.
Nehemiah 9:31
But for Your great mercies, You did not completely destroy them nor forsake them. For You are a gracious and merciful God.
Psalm 42:1
To the Chief Musician. A contemplation; for the sons of Korah. As the hart pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after You, O God.
Psalm 89:5
And the heavens shall praise Your wonders, O Jehovah, Your faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
Psalm 89:37
It shall be established forever like the moon, and like a faithful witness in the heavens. Selah.
Psalm 119:89
LAMED: Forever, O Jehovah, Your Word is settled in the heavens.
Psalm 146:6
who made the heavens and earth, the sea and all that is in it; who keeps truth forever;
Matthew 24:35
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away.
Luke 1:50
And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.
Ephesians 1:6-7
to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He has made us accepted in the One having been loved.
Hebrews 6:18
so that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us,