They are upheld forever and ever, enacted in truth and uprightness.
Parallel translations
- WEB They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and uprightness.
- KJV They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
- NKJV They stand fast forever and ever, And are done in truth and uprightness.
- NASB They are upheld forever and ever; They are performed in truth and uprightness.
- NLT They are forever true, to be obeyed faithfully and with integrity.
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Quick answer
God's precepts stand firm forever, established in truth and uprightness. His commands are permanent and perfectly righteous.
Overview
Unlike human rules that change, God's precepts are eternally fixed and grounded in faithfulness and integrity. This permanence assures believers that God's revealed will is stable and good. Jesus affirmed that not the smallest part of God's word will pass away until all is fulfilled (Matthew 5:18).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Matt 5:18For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
- Ps 19:9The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.
- Rom 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
- Rev 15:3and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Isa 40:8The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
- Ps 119:127–128Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
- Rom 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
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