God’s Word Translation
Psalms 89:30
30“If his descendants abandon my teachings and do not live by my rules,
Psalms 89:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
- New International Version (NIV)“If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,
- English Standard Version (ESV)If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,
Context of Psalms 89:30
28My mercy will stay with him forever. My promise to him is unbreakable. 29I will make his dynasty endure forever and his throne like the days of heaven. “If his descendants abandon my teachings and do not live by my rules, 31if they violate my laws and do not obey my commandments, 32then with a rod I will punish their rebellion and their crimes with beatings.
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:30 word by word
אִם־יַֽעַזְב֣וּ בָ֭נָיו תּוֹרָתִ֑י וּ֝בְמִשְׁפָּטַ֗י לֹ֣א יֵלֵכֽוּן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 89:30
- Psalms 132:12If your sons are faithful to my promise and my written instructions that I will teach them, then their descendants will also sit on your throne forever.”
- 2 Samuel 7:14I will be his Father, and he will be my Son. If he sins, I will punish him with a rod and with blows inflicted by people.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9“And you, my son Solomon, learn to know your father’s God. Serve the Lord wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought ⌞we have⌟. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.
- 2 Chronicles 7:17“If you will be faithful to me as your father David was, do everything I command, and obey my laws and rules,
- Psalms 119:53I am burning with anger because of wicked people, who abandon your teachings.
- Proverbs 4:2After all, I have taught you well. Do not abandon my teachings.
- Proverbs 28:4Those who abandon ⌞God’s⌟ teachings praise wicked people, but those who follow ⌞God’s⌟ teachings oppose wicked people.
- Jeremiah 9:13The Lord answered, “They’ve abandoned my teachings that I placed in front of them. They didn’t obey me, and they didn’t follow them.
- Ezekiel 18:9He lives by my rules and obeys my laws faithfully. This person is righteous. He will certainly live,” declares the Almighty Lord.
- Ezekiel 20:19I am the Lord your God. Live by my laws. Obey my rules and follow them.
- Luke 1:6Zechariah and Elizabeth had God’s approval. They followed all the Lord’s commands and regulations perfectly.
Commentaries on Psalms 89:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30If his children forsake my law - See the notes on 2 Samuel 7:13, where this and some of the following verses are explained.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30If his children - His posterity; his successors on the throne. Forsake my law - If they are not regulated by it in the administration of their government, and in their private lives. It is here supposed that they might forsake his law, or fail to observe it; but still there is the assurance that the power would not depart permanently from the successors of David, but that it would be restored ultimately to that line, and be permanent and eternal. And walk…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-37Verses 19-37 The Lord anointed David with the holy oil, not only as an emblem of the graces and gifts he received, but as a type of Christ, the King Priest, and Prophet, anointed with the Holy Ghost without measure. David after his anointing, was persecuted, but none could gain advantage against him. Yet all this was a faint shadow of the Redeemer's sufferings, deliverance, glory, and authority, in whom alone these predictions and promises are fully…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30-37The Lord disciplines his children when they go astray, but he does not reject them. He knows they will break their trust and will need correction, yet he remains committed to keep his covenant. His faithfulness to David is like his faithfulness to the created world.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3719-37. Then--when the covenant was established, of whose execution the exalted views of God now given furnish assurance. thou ... to thy holy one--or godly saint, object of favor (Psa 4:3). Nathan is meant (2Sa 7:17; 1Ch 17:3-15). laid help--literally, "given help." David was chosen and then exalted.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 89
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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