Psalms 89:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחַסְדִּי לֹא־אָפִיר מֵעִמּוֹ וְלֹא־אֲשַׁקֵּר בֶּאֱמוּנָתִי

Transliteration

And-ḥasdî not-ʾāpîr from-with-him and-not-ʾăšaqqēr in-ʾĕmûnātî

Grammar Details

*wᵉ-ḥasdî*: conjunction + noun + 1st person singular suffix - and my lovingkindness
*lōʾ-ʾāpîr*: negative particle + verb, hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I will not remove
*mē-ʿimmô*: preposition + preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - from with him
*wᵉ-lōʾ-ʾăšaqqēr*: conjunction + negative particle + verb, piel imperfect 1st person singular - and I will not lie/deal falsely
*bᵉ-ʾĕmûnātî*: preposition + noun + 1st person singular suffix - in my faithfulness

Word Meanings

*ḥasdî*: my lovingkindness/mercy/steadfast love
*ʾāpîr*: I will remove/take away/break off
*ʾăšaqqēr*: I will lie/deal falsely/be unfaithful
*ʾĕmûnātî*: my faithfulness/steadfastness/reliability

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?
Jer 33:20 : 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;
Mal 3:6 : 6 For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Rom 11:29 : 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.
Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
Jer 14:21 : 21 Do not abhor [us], for thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
Lev 26:44 : 44 And 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;

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 89:27-33
7 verses
87%
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.
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Ps 89:35-37
3 verses
85%
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.
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Ps 89:1-4
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78%
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Isa 59:21
76%
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Jer 33:20-21
2 verses
75%
20Thus 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;
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Ps 132:11
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74%
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72%
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71%
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Jer 33:25
71%
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Ps 89:24-25
2 verses
71%
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Num 30:2
71%
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71%
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1 Chr 17:13
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Heb 8:9
70%
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Ps 89:39
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Jer 31:32
69%
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