But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Parallel translations
- WEB But you are the same. Your years will have no end.
- BSB But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.
- NKJV But You are the same, And Your years will have no end.
- NASB “But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.
- NLT But you are always the same; you will live forever.
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Quick answer
But God is the same, and His years have no end. He is unchanging and eternal.
Overview
In contrast to the changing, perishing creation, God remains forever the same. His immutability and eternity are the bedrock of the believer's hope. Hebrews applies this to Christ, who is 'the same yesterday, today, and forever' (Hebrews 13:8), assuring His people of His unfailing constancy.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Heb 13:8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
- Jas 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
- Mal 3:6For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
- Rev 1:8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
- Job 36:26Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
- Ps 90:4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
- Rev 1:17–18And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
- John 8:58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
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