It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
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- WEB like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion: for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forever more.
- KJV As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
- NKJV It is like the dew of Hermon, Descending upon the mountains of Zion; For there the Lord commanded the blessing— Life forevermore.
- NASB It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For the Lord commanded the blessing there—life forever.
- NLT Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Hermon that falls on the mountains of Zion. And there the Lord has pronounced his blessing, even life everlasting.
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Unity is like Hermon's dew on Zion, where God commands blessing and eternal life. It teaches that God Himself bestows life and blessing where His people dwell in unity.
Overview
David likens unity to refreshing dew descending on Zion, the place where the Lord commands His blessing, even life forevermore. Unity becomes the setting in which God pours out life-giving favor. This eternal life is given in Christ, who gathers His people into one and grants them everlasting life.
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- Deut 28:8The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.
- Lev 25:21But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.
- Ps 42:8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
- Deut 4:48extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
- 1 Jn 5:11And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- Rom 5:21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Ps 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- Mic 5:7Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
- John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
- Josh 13:11also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—
- Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- John 5:29and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
- Deut 3:8–9At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—
- John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- 1 Jn 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
- Prov 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
- John 6:50–51This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
- Ps 21:4He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.
- Rev 1:18the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
- John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
- John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
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