New English Translation
Psalms 136:21
21and gave their land as an inheritance, for his loyal love endures,
Psalms 136:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:
- New International Version (NIV)and gave their land as an inheritance, His love endures forever.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and gave their land as a heritage, for his steadfast love endures forever;
- New King James Version (NKJV)And gave their land as a heritage, For His mercy endures forever;
Context of Psalms 136:21
19Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his loyal love endures, 20Og, king of Bashan, for his loyal love endures, and gave their land as an inheritance, for his loyal love endures, 22as an inheritance to Israel his servant, for his loyal love endures, 23to the one who remembered us when we were down, for his loyal love endures,
Read all of Psalms 136Psalms 136:21 word by word
וְנָתַ֣ן אַרְצָ֣ם לְנַחֲלָ֑ה כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 136:21
- Psalms 44:2You, by your power, defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land; you crushed the people living there and enabled our ancestors to occupy it.
- Psalms 78:55He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.
- Psalms 105:44He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced,
- Psalms 135:12He gave their land as an inheritance, as an inheritance to Israel his people.
- Numbers 32:33So Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the realm of King Sihon of the Amorites, and the realm of King Og of Bashan, the entire land with its cities and the territory surrounding them.
- Deuteronomy 3:12This is the land we brought under our control at that time: The territory extending from Aroer by the Wadi Arnon and half the Gilead hill country with its cities I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites.
- Joshua 12:1Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land on the east side of the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:
- Joshua 13:1When Joshua was very old, the Lord told him, “You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.
- Joshua 14:1The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders.
- Joshua 15:1The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south.
- Joshua 16:1The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
- Joshua 17:1The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. They were assigned Gilead and Bashan.
- Joshua 18:1The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land,
- Joshua 19:1The second lot belonged to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.
- Joshua 20:1The Lord instructed Joshua:
- Joshua 21:1The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders
Commentaries on Psalms 136:21
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17-22Verses 17-22 To him which smote great kings - On this passage see the notes at Psalm 135:10-12. There is little difference in the two places, except that here the statement is divided by the refrain, “For his mercy endureth forever.” The idea in the whole passage, in view of the divine interposition in slaying the mighty kings, and in giving their land for a possession to the Hebrew people, is, that it was a proof of mercy and benevolence. It is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 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.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-22The psalmist tells the early history of Israel's redemption.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261-3. The divine titles denote supremacy.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 136
- 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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