Psalms 89:34

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My covenant will I not break{H8762)}, nor alter{H8762)} 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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King James 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 shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Jer 33:20 : 20 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
Mal 3:6 : 6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye 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 calling of God are without repentance.
Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of 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 be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 89:27-33
7 verses
87%
27Also I will make{H8799)} him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28My mercy will I keep{H8799)} for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast{H8737)} with him.
29His seed also will I make{H8804)} to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30If his children forsake{H8799)} my law, and walk{H8799)} not in my judgments;
31If they break{H8762)} my statutes, and keep{H8799)} not my commandments;
32Then will I visit{H8804)} their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take{H8686)} from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail{H8762)}.
Ps 89:35-37
3 verses
85%
35Once have I sworn{H8738)} by my holiness that I will not lie{H8762)} 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%
1Maschil{H8688)} of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing{H8799)} of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known{H8686)} thy faithfulness to all generations.
2For I have said{H8804)}, Mercy shall be built up{H8735)} for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish{H8686)} in the very heavens.
3I have made{H8804)} a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn{H8738)} unto David my servant,
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Isa 59:21
76%
21As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; 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 the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
Jer 33:20-21
2 verses
75%
20Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
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Ps 132:11
75%
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Isa 54:9-10
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9For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
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Job 27:4
74%
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2 Sam 7:15
72%
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72%
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2 Chr 7:18
71%
18Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
Jer 33:25
71%
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Ps 89:24-25
2 verses
71%
24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted{H8799)}.
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Num 30:2
71%
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Ps 89:21
71%
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1 Chr 17:13
71%
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Jer 32:40
71%
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Ezek 16:60
71%
60Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
1 Kgs 11:12
71%
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.
Ps 119:106
70%
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1 Kgs 11:34
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Heb 8:9
70%
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Ps 89:39
70%
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Isa 48:9
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Isa 45:23
70%
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2 Sam 23:5
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Ezek 17:18
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Deut 29:14
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Ezek 17:14
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Lam 3:31
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1 Kgs 9:5
69%
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Jer 31:32
69%
32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Lev 26:44
69%
44And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
1 Kgs 11:39
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39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.