Psalms 100:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־ט֣וֹב יְ֭הֹוָה לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְעַד־דֹּ֥ר וָ֝דֹ֗ר אֱמוּנָֽתוֹ׃

Transliteration

For-ṭôb YHWH, for-ʿôlām ḥasdô; and-to-dōr and-dōr ʾĕmûnātô

Grammar Details

• *ṭôb*: adjective, masculine singular - good
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - forever/eternity
• *ḥasdô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his steadfast love
• *dōr*: noun, masculine singular - generation
• *ʾĕmûnātô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his faithfulness

Word Meanings

• *ṭôb*: good/pleasant/agreeable
• *ʿôlām*: forever/eternity/perpetuity/antiquity
• *ḥasdô*: his steadfast love/his lovingkindness/his mercy/his covenant loyalty
• *dōr*: generation/age/period
• *ʾĕmûnātô*: his faithfulness/his reliability/his trustworthiness

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For the Lord is good, and His steadfast love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For Jehovah is good; His lovingkindness [endureth] for ever, And his faithfulness unto all generations.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For the LORDE is gracious, his mercy is euerlastinge, and his treuth endureth from generacion to generacion.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the Lorde is good: his mercy is euerlasting, and his trueth is from generation to generation.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For God is gratious, his mercie is euerlastyng: and his trueth endureth from generation to generation.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, His faithfulness to all generations.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For good `is' Jehovah, to the age His kindness, And to generation and generation His faithfulness!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Jehovah is good; his lovingkindness `endureth' for ever, And his faithfulness unto all generations. Psalm 101 A Psalm of David.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Jehovah is good; His lovingkindness [endureth] for ever, And his faithfulness unto all generations.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the Lord is good, and his mercy is never-ending; his faith is unchanging through all generations.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations. A Psalm by David.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the LORD is good. His loyal love endures, and he is faithful through all generations.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 106:1 : 1 Praise the LORD. O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures forever.
• Ps 107:1 : 1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endures forever.
• Ps 36:5 : 5 Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and your faithfulness reaches unto the clouds.
• Jer 33:11 : 11 The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for His mercy endures forever: and of those who shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return, as at the first, says the LORD.
• Ps 86:5 : 5 For You, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon You.
• Ps 136:1-9 : 1 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endures forever. 2 Oh give thanks to the God of gods: for his mercy endures forever. 3 Oh give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endures forever. 4 To him who alone does great wonders: for his mercy endures forever. 5 To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endures forever. 6 To him who stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endures forever. 7 To him who made great lights: for his mercy endures forever: 8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endures forever: 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endures forever. 10 To him who struck Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endures forever: 11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endures forever: 12 With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm: for his mercy endures forever. 13 To him who divided the Red Sea into parts: for his mercy endures forever: 14 And made Israel pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endures forever: 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea: for his mercy endures forever. 16 To him who led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endures forever. 17 To him who struck great kings: for his mercy endures forever: 18 And killed famous kings: for his mercy endures forever: 19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endures forever: 20 And Og king of Bashan: for his mercy endures forever: 21 And gave their land as a heritage: for his mercy endures forever: 22 Even a heritage to Israel his servant: for his mercy endures forever. 23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endures forever: 24 And has redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endures forever. 25 Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy endures forever. 26 Oh give thanks to the God of heaven: for his mercy endures forever.
• Ps 118:1-4 : 1 Oh give thanks to the LORD; for He is good, for His mercy endures forever. 2 Let Israel now say, that His mercy endures forever. 3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that His mercy endures forever. 4 Let those who fear the LORD now say, that His mercy endures forever.
• Ps 119:68 : 68 You are good, and do good; teach me Your statutes.
• 1 Chr 16:34 : 34 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures forever.
• 2 Chr 5:13 : 13 It happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endures forever: that the house was filled with a cloud, the house of the LORD;
• Ezra 3:11 : 11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks to the LORD; because He is good, for His mercy endures forever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
• Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth," 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
• Deut 7:9 : 9 Know therefore that the LORD your God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
• Ps 89:1-2 : 1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; your faithfulness you shall establish in the very heavens.
• Ps 103:17 : 17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children;
• Ps 52:1 : 1 Why do you boast in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.
• Ps 85:10 : 10 Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
• Ps 119:90-91 : 90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations; You established the earth, and it abides. 91 They continue this day according to Your ordinances, for all are Your servants.
• Ps 107:8 : 8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
• Jer 33:20-21 : 20 Thus says the LORD: If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so there should not be day and night in their season, 21 Then my covenant may also be broken with David my servant, so that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers.
• Nah 1:7 : 7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who trust in him.
• Luke 1:50 : 50 And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.
• Rom 15:8-9 : 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers: 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
• Titus 1:2 : 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began;
• Heb 6:13-18 : 13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14 Saying, 'Surely, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.' 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For people indeed swear by something greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end to all dispute. 17 In this way, God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, confirmed it with an oath: 18 That by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us: