Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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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Quick answer
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 unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
- Dan 7:14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
- Isa 9:7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
- Ps 10:16The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
- Rev 11:15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
- Dan 2:44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
- Dan 7:27And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
- Ps 146:10The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.
- 1 Cor 15:21–28For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
- 2 Pet 1:11For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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