Psalms 105:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּֽעֲמִידֶ֣הָ לְיַעֲקֹ֣ב לְחֹ֑ק לְ֝יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל בְּרִ֣ית עוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

wa-yyaʿămīdehā to-Yaʿăqōb for-ḥōq to-Yiśrāʾēl bərīt ʿōlām

Grammar Details

• *wa-yyaʿămīdehā*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect (consecutive), 3ms with 3fs suffix - and he established it
• *Yaʿăqōb*: proper name - Jacob
• *ḥōq*: noun, masculine singular - statute/decree
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper name - Israel
• *bərīt*: noun, feminine singular construct - covenant of
• *ʿōlām*: noun, masculine singular - eternity/forever

Word Meanings

• *wa-yyaʿămīdehā*: and he established it/confirmed it/made it stand
• *ḥōq*: statute/decree/ordinance/law
• *bərīt*: covenant/agreement/treaty
• *ʿōlām*: everlasting/eternal/perpetual

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And confirmed{H5975} the same unto Jacob{H3290} for a statute,{H2706} To Israel{H3478} for an everlasting{H5769} covenant,{H1285}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And confirmed{H5975}{(H8686)} the same unto Jacob{H3290} for a law{H2706}, and to Israel{H3478} for an everlasting{H5769} covenant{H1285}:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And apoynted the same vnto Iacob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlastinge testament.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And since hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he appointed the same vnto Iacob for a law: and to Israel for an euerlasting couenaunt.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  And confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And doth establish it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel -- a covenant age-during,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

• World English Bible (2000)

  and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,

Referenced Verses

• Gen 17:7-8 : 7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Gen 28:13-15 : 13 And there was the Lord standing above it, and He said, 'I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants.' 14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south. Through you and your descendants, all the families of the earth will be blessed. 15 Look, I am with you, and I will guard you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, because I will not leave you until I have done everything I promised you.
• 2 Sam 23:5 : 5 Is not my house right with God? He has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For He is all my salvation and all my desire, and He will not fail to make it grow.
• Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,