Psalms 136 · Verse 21

Psalms 136:21

And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms 136:21, King James Version

Psalms 136:21 in other translations

BSBand He gave their land as an inheritance, His loving devotion endures forever.
WEBand gave their land as an inheritance, for his loving kindness endures forever;
ASVAnd gave their land for a heritage; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever;
YLTAnd He gave their land for inheritance, For to the age is His kindness.
DARBYAnd gave their land for an inheritance, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
BBEAnd gave their land to his people for a heritage: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
WebsterAnd gave their land for a heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:

What does Psalms 136:21 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 136:10-22

The great things God did for Israel, when he brought them out of Egypt, were mercies which endured long to them; and our redemption by Christ, which was typified thereby, endures for ever. It is good to enter into the history of God's favours, and in each to observe, and own, that his mercy endureth for ever. He put them in possession of a good land; it was a figure of the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Psalms 136:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְנָתַ֣ןve.na.Tanand he gaveH5414
אַרְצָ֣ם'ar.Tzamland theirH776
לְנַחֲלָ֑הle.na.cha.Lahto an inheritanceH5159
כִּ֖יkiforH3588
לְעוֹלָ֣םle.'o.Lam[is] for everH5769
חַסְדּֽוֹ\׃chas.Docovenant loyalty hisH2617

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 136:21

  • Psalms 135:12

    And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.

  • Psalms 44:2-3

    How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

  • Numbers 32:33-42

    And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, And Beth–nimrah, and Beth–haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. …

  • Psalms 78:55

    He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

  • Joshua 12:1-7

    Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth–jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth–pisgah: And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, …

  • Joshua 13:1-21

    Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites: …

  • Psalms 105:44

    And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;

  • Nehemiah 9:22-24

    Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

  • Deuteronomy 3:12-17

    And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day. And I gave Gilead unto Machir. …

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44:2,3; 78:55; 105:44; 135:12; Nu 32:33-42; De 3:12-17; Jos 12:1-7
Jos 13:1-21:45; Ne 9:22-24

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Context

  • Psalms 136:20

    And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:

  • Psalms 136:21

    And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:

  • Psalms 136:22

    Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Psalms 136:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y dió la tierra de ellos en heredad, porque para siempre es su misericordia;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et a donné leur pays en héritage, car sa bonté demeure à toujours, –
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ihr Land zum Erbteil gab, denn seine Güte währt ewiglich,