Psalms 89:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּפָקַדְתִּי בְשֵׁבֶט פִּשְׁעָם וּבִנְגָעִים עֲוֺנָם

Transliteration

And-I-will-pāqadtî with-šēbeṭ pišʿām and-with-nᵉgāʿîm ʿăwōnām

Grammar Details

*û-pāqadtî*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will visit
*bᵉ-šēbeṭ*: preposition + noun - with rod
*pišʿām*: noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their transgression
*û-bi-nᵉgāʿîm*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural - and with plagues
*ʿăwōnām*: noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their iniquity

Word Meanings

*pāqadtî*: I will visit/punish/attend to
*šēbeṭ*: rod/staff [instrument of punishment]
*pišʿām*: their transgression/rebellion/sin
*nᵉgāʿîm*: plagues/strokes/afflictions
*ʿăwōnām*: their iniquity/guilt/punishment

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 7:15 : 15 but my lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
1 Kgs 11:13 : 13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
1 Kgs 11:32 : 32 (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);
1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
Ps 89:39 : 39 Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.
Isa 54:8-9 : 8 In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer. 9 For this is [as] the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. 10 For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.
Jer 33:20-26 : 20 Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season; 21 then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. 23 And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah did choose, he hath cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night [stand] not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.
Lam 3:31-32 : 31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever. 32 For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
1 Cor 15:25 : 25 For he must reign, till he {G302} hath put all his enemies under his feet.
Heb 6:18 : 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
1 Sam 15:29 : 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.
2 Sam 7:13 : 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 89:34-37
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34My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
36His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.
37It shall be established for ever as the moon, And [as] the faithful witness in the sky. {H5542}
Ps 89:27-32
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84%
27I also will make him [my] first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.
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29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
30If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;
31If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;
32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
2 Sam 7:14-15
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80%
14I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
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Ps 89:24-25
2 verses
78%
24But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted.
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1 Chr 17:13
76%
13I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;
Ps 89:1-4
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1Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
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Lam 3:31
74%
31For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
Ps 40:11
74%
11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Isa 54:8-10
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74%
8In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer.
9For this is [as] the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.
1 Kgs 11:39
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39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
1 Kgs 11:34
73%
34Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;
Jer 33:26
73%
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Isa 48:9
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Ps 77:7-8
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7Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more?
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21With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.
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Jer 33:21
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1 Kgs 11:12
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12Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
2 Kgs 8:19
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19Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway.
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5then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever, according as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
Ps 138:8
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8Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Isa 59:21
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21And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: 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 Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.
Lev 26:44
71%
44And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Jehovah their God;
Isa 57:16
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Ps 37:28
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28For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Ps 78:38
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38But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.
Deut 4:31
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31for Jehovah thy God is a merciful God; he will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
Jer 5:18
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18But even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.