Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—
Parallel translations
- WEB Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
- KJV Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
- NKJV Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David:
- NASB “Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David.
- NLT I have sworn an oath to David, and in my holiness I cannot lie:
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Quick answer
God has sworn by His own holiness that He will not lie to David.
Overview
God grounds His promise in an oath sworn by His holiness, the strongest possible assurance. Because God cannot lie, the Davidic promise is absolutely sure. The same oath-bound faithfulness undergirds our hope in Christ (Heb. 6:13-18; Titus 1:2).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 132:11The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
- Heb 6:13When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
- Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
- Heb 6:17So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
- Amos 4:2The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
- Ps 110:4The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Amos 8:7The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
- 2 Th 2:13But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
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