The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
Parallel translations
- KJV The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
- BSB The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.
- NKJV Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it, And those who love His name shall dwell in it.
- NASB The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will live in it.
- NLT The descendants of those who obey him will inherit the land, and those who love him will live there in safety.
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- Ps 102:28The children of your servants will continue. Their offspring will be established before you.”
- Ps 37:29The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.
- Acts 2:39For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
- Jas 1:12Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
- Isa 61:9Their offspring will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge them, that they are the offspring which Yahweh has blessed.”
- John 14:23Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
- Ps 91:14“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
- Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
- Rom 8:28We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
- Isa 44:3–4For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
- Rev 21:27There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
- Ps 90:16–17Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their children.
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