Psalms 132:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נִשְׁבַּֽע־יְהוָ֨ה ׀ לְדָוִ֡ד אֱמֶת֮ לֹֽא־יָשׁ֢וּב מִ֫מֶּ֥נָּה מִפְּרִ֥י בִטְנְךָ֑ אָ֝שִׁ֗ית לְכִסֵּא־לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

nišbaʿ-YHWH to-dāwid ʾĕmet not-yāšûb from-mimmennāh from-pərî biṭnəḵā ʾāšît to-kissēʾ-to-you

Grammar Details

• *nišbaʿ*: niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he swore
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *dāwid*: proper name with preposition lamed - to David
• *ʾĕmet*: noun - truth
• *yāšûb*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with negation - he will not turn back
• *mimmennāh*: from it (feminine singular)
• *pərî*: construct noun with preposition min - from fruit of
• *biṭnəḵā*: noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your body
• *ʾāšît*: qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will set/place
• *kissēʾ*: noun with preposition lamed - on throne

Word Meanings

• *ʾĕmet*: truth/faithfulness/fidelity
• *pərî biṭnəḵā*: fruit of your body/your offspring
• *ʾāšît ləḵissēʾ-lāḵ*: I will set on the throne for you/I will place on your throne

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn back from it: 'From the fruit of your body I will set one upon your throne.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Jehovah{H3068} hath sworn{H7650} unto David{H1732} in truth;{H571} He will not turn{H7725} from it: Of the fruit{H6529} of thy body{H990} will I set{H7896} upon thy throne.{H3678}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  The LORD{H3068} hath sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} in truth{H571} unto David{H1732}; he will not turn{H7725}{(H8799)} from it; Of the fruit{H6529} of thy body{H990} will I set{H7896}{(H8799)} upon thy throne{H3678}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The LORDE hath made a faithfull ooth vnto Dauid, & he shal not shrenke from it:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The Lord hath sworne in trueth vnto Dauid, and he wil not shrinke from it, saying, Of the fruite of thy body will I set vpon thy throne.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  God hath sworne for a trueth vnto Dauid, and he wyll not go from it: I wyll place vpon thy throne some of the fruite of thy body.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ The LORD hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: "I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Jehovah hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Jehovah hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: "I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The LORD made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said,“I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 7:12 : 12 And when your days are fulfilled, and you shall rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall come out of your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
• 2 Chr 6:16 : 16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that your children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as you have walked before me.
• Ps 89:3-4 : 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant, 4 Your seed I will establish forever, and build up your throne to all generations. Selah.
• Ps 110:4 : 4 The LORD has sworn and will not relent, You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
• Acts 2:30 : 30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,
• Heb 6:18 : 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:
• 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.
• Jer 33:20-26 : 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. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me. 23 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 Do you not consider what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD has chosen, he has even cast them off? Thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus says the LORD: If my covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth, 26 Then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
• Luke 1:32 : 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.
• Luke 1:69-70 : 69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, 70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, who have been since the world began,
• Ps 89:33 : 33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
• Ps 89:35 : 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.
• Ps 89:37 : 37 It shall be established forever like the moon, and like a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
• 2 Sam 7:14 : 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
• 2 Sam 7:16 : 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.
• 1 Kgs 8:25 : 25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father what you promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only your children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as you have walked before me.
• 1 Chr 17:11-13 : 11 And it shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you: