“So I will establish his descendants forever, 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.
- KJV His seed also will I make to endure for ever, 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.
- 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 89:4‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.
- Deut 11:21that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
- Ps 89:36His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
- Isa 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
- Luke 1:32–33He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,
- Dan 2:44In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
- Ezek 37:24–25My servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.
- Ps 45:6Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
- Isa 59:21“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from henceforth and forever.”
- 1 Chr 22:10He shall build a house for my name; and he will 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 you, you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.
- 1 Chr 17:11–12It will happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your offspring after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
- Ps 132:11Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
- Jer 33:17–26For Yahweh says: “David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;
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