Passage

Psalms 89.34

Book: Psalms · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

32. Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes. 33. But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

34. My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: 36. His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me. (Psalms 89:32-36, ASV)

WEB

32. then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33. But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

34. I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David. 36. His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me. (Psalms 89:32-36, WEB)

KJV

32. Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33. Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. ^{will: Heb. I will not make void from him} ^{to fall: Heb. to lie}

34. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. ^{that: Heb. if I lie} 36. His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. (Psalms 89:32-36, KJV)

YLT

32. I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity, 33. And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.

34. I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.

Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David, 36. His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me, (Psalms 89:32-36, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

Quoted in

Arguments and defeaters:

God Breaks His Own Rules Objection Defeater

Concepts:

Biblical Prophecy, via Psalms 89

Lexicon:

H2617 - hesed, via Psalms 89.24-49

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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