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Psalms 135:12
12and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel.
Psalms 135:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to his people Israel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And gave their land as a heritage, A heritage to Israel His people.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He gave their land as an inheritance, a special possession to his people Israel.
Context of Psalms 135:12
10He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings— 11Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan— and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel. 13Your name, Lord, endures forever, your renown, Lord, through all generations. 14For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.
Read all of Psalms 135Psalms 135:12 word by word
וְנָתַ֣ן אַרְצָ֣ם נַחֲלָ֑ה נַ֝חֲלָ֗ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל עַמּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 135:12
- Psalms 44:1We have heard it with our ears, O God; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.
- Psalms 78:55He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
- Psalms 136:21and gave their land as an inheritance, His love endures forever.
- Numbers 33:54Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.
- Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the entire land, just as the Lord had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had rest from war.
- Joshua 12:7Here is a list of the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions.
Commentaries on Psalms 135:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And gave their land for an heritage - See the notes at Psalm 111:6.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 God is, and will be always, the same to his church, a gracious, faithful, wonder-working God. And his church is, and will be, the same to him, a thankful, praising people: thus his name endures for ever. He will return in ways of mercy to them, and will delight to do them good.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-12The Lord had complete authority and power over the exodus and the conquest of the promised land.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1210-12. The conquest of Canaan was by God's power, not that of the people.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 135
- 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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