11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 103:17
But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children;
Psalm 103:17 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children;
- KJV King James Version
- But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
- ASV American Standard Version
- But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children’s children;
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And the kindness of YHWH || [Is] from age even to age on those fearing Him, || And His righteousness to sons’ sons,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- But the Lord's trustworthy love lasts for all eternity to those who accept him; his goodness to all generations,
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And the kindness of Jehovah [Is] from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,
- DBY Darby Translation
- But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to children's children;
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- But the LORD’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 102:17 in this edition
- But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity and unto eternity upon them that fear him: And his justice unto children’s children,
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְחֶ֤סֶד | wə·ḥe·seḏ | the loving devotion | H2617 חֶ֫סֶד kindness |
| יְהוָ֨ה׀ | Yah·weh | of the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| מֵעוֹלָ֣ם | mê·‘ō·w·lām | But from everlasting | H5769 עוֹלָם forever: enduring |
| וְעַד־ | wə·‘aḏ- | to | H5704 עַד till |
| ע֭וֹלָם | ‘ō·w·lām | everlasting | H5769 עוֹלָם forever: enduring |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | extends to | H5921 עַל upon |
| יְרֵאָ֑יו | yə·rê·’āw | those who fear Him | H3373 יָרֵא afraid |
| וְ֝צִדְקָת֗וֹ | wə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯōw | and His righteousness | H6666 צְדָקָה righteousness |
| לִבְנֵ֥י | liḇ·nê | to their children’s | H1121 בֵּן son: child |
| בָנִֽים׃ | ḇā·nîm | children | H1121 בֵּן son: child |
Related verses
- Psalm 100:5
For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
- Ephesians 2:4–7
But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, …
- 2 Timothy 1:9
who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
- Exodus 20:6
and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
- Romans 1:17
For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”
- Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment; and its inhabitants will die in the same way: but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.
- Romans 8:28–30
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.
- Ephesians 1:4–8
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love; having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire, to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved, …
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14
But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth; to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Psalm 25:6
Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, for they are from old times.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
15 As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
17 But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children;
18 to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.
19 Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.
Read all of Psalm 103 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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