Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.
Parallel translations
- WEB Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. Yahweh is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds.
- KJV Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
- NKJV Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
- NASB Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in His words, And holy in all His works.
- NLT For your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. You rule throughout all generations. The Lord always keeps his promises; he is gracious in all he does.
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God's kingdom is everlasting and His dominion endures through all generations; He is faithful and loving in all He says and does. His reign and His character are utterly reliable.
Overview
The eternity of God's kingdom is matched by the trustworthiness of His words and the kindness of His deeds. Where human kingdoms rise and fall, His endures unshaken. This everlasting dominion is given to Christ, whose kingdom shall not be destroyed (Daniel 7:14).
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- 1 Tim 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Dan 7:14And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
- Isa 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
- Ps 10:16The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
- Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
- Dan 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
- Dan 7:27Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’
- Ps 146:10The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
- 1 Cor 15:21–28For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
- 2 Pet 1:11and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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