Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
Parallel translations
- KJV Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
- BSB Let Israel say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
- NKJV Let Israel now say, “His mercy endures forever.”
- NASB Let Israel say, “His mercy is everlasting.”
- NLT Let all Israel repeat: “His faithful love endures forever.”
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 115:9–11Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
- Ps 145:10All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you.
- Ps 147:19–20He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
- Ps 135:19–20House of Israel, praise Yahweh! House of Aaron, praise Yahweh!
- 1 Pet 2:9–10But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
- Heb 13:15Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
- Gal 6:16As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel.
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