Not a single one of all the good promises the Lord had given to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; everything he had spoken came true.
Parallel translations
- WEB Nothing failed of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
- KJV There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
- BSB Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.
- NKJV Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
- NASB Not one of the good promises which the Lord had made to the house of Israel failed; everything came to pass.
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Quick answer
Not one of God's good promises to Israel failed; all came to pass. It is a ringing affirmation of God's perfect faithfulness.
Overview
This verse caps the section with a sweeping declaration that every good word God spoke was fulfilled. It assures the reader that God's promises are utterly reliable, even when their fulfillment unfolds over time. The same faithfulness guarantees that every promise made to us in Christ will also be kept.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 1 Kgs 8:56“Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. There has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.
- Josh 23:14–15“Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it.
- Num 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
- 1 Th 5:24He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.
- 1 Cor 1:9God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
- Heb 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
- Titus 1:2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
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