1 Chronicles 16:17
What does 1 Chronicles 16:17 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 16:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
KJV
King James Version · 1611And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And He establisheth it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel--a covenant age-during.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he appointed the same to Jacob for a precept: and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, Unto Israel for an everlasting covenant,
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 23:5
Verily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and allmydesire, Although he maketh it not to grow.
- Exodus 3:17
and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Jeremiah 11:2
Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
- Psalms 78:10
They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;
- Joshua 24:11
And ye went over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.
- Hebrews 13:20
Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus,
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