His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
- BSB I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
- NKJV His seed also I will make to endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
- NASB “So I will establish his descendants forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
- NLT I will preserve an heir for him; his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.
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Quick answer
God pledges that David's dynasty and throne will endure as long as the heavens last.
Overview
The king's "offspring" and "throne" are promised perpetual endurance, "as the days of heaven." The dynasty's permanence rests on God's word, not human achievement. This everlasting throne is fulfilled in Jesus, of whose kingdom there shall be no end (Luke 1:32-33).
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- Ps 89:4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
- Deut 11:21That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
- Ps 89:36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
- 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.
- Luke 1:32–33He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
- 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.
- Ezek 37:24–25And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
- Ps 45:6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
- Isa 59:21As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
- 1 Chr 22:10He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
- Ps 21:4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
- 1 Chr 17:11–12And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
- Ps 132:11The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
- Jer 33:17–26For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
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