Psalms 132:12
If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
Psalms 132:12 in other translations
| BSB | If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.” |
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| WEB | If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.” |
| ASV | If thy children will keep my covenant And my testimony that I shall teach them, Their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore. |
| YLT | If thy sons keep My covenant, And My testimonies that I teach them, Their sons also for ever and ever, Do sit on the throne for thee. |
| DARBY | If thy children keep my covenant, and my testimonies which I will teach them, their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne. |
| BBE | If your children keep my word, and the teachings which I will give them, their children will be rulers of your kingdom for ever. |
| Webster | If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them; their children also shall sit upon thy throne for ever. |
What does Psalms 132:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 132:10-12
10-12. For thy servant David's sake--that is, On account of the promise made to him. turn ... anointed--Repulse not him who, as David's descendant, pleads the promise to perpetuate his royal line. After reciting the promise, substantially from 2Sa 7:12-16 (compare Ac 2:30, &c.), an additional plea,
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 132:11-18
The Lord never turns from us when we plead the covenant with his anointed Prophet, Priest, and King. How vast is the love of God to man, that he should speak thus concerning his church! It is his desire to dwell with us; yet how little do we desire to dwell with him! He abode in Zion till the sins of Israel caused him to give them up to the spoilers. Forsake us not, O God, and deliver us not in like manner, sinful…
Psalms 132:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 132:12
- Luke 1:32-33
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
- Isaiah 59:21
As 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.
- Acts 2:30
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
- Psalms 89:30-35
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. …
- Psalms 115:14
The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
- Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
- Psalms 102:28
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
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Context
- Psalms 132:11
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.
- Psalms 132:12
If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
- Psalms 132:13
For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Psalms 132:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si tus hijos guardaren mi alianza, y mi testimonio que yo les enseñaré, sus hijos también se sentarán sobre tu trono para siempre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si tes enfants gardent mon alliance et mes témoignages que je leur enseignerai, leurs fils aussi seront assis à perpétuité sur ton trône. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn deine Söhne meinen Bund und meine Zeugnisse bewahren, welche ich sie lehren werde, so sollen auch ihre Söhne auf deinem Throne sitzen immerdar." |