Tree of Life Version
Psalms 136:21
21and gave their land for an inheritance, for His lovingkindness endures forever,
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 lovingkindness endures forever, 20and Og, king of Bashan, for His lovingkindness endures forever, and gave their land for an inheritance, for His lovingkindness endures forever, 22an inheritance for Israel His servant, for His lovingkindness endures forever. 23He remembered us in our lowly estate, for His lovingkindness endures forever,
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 44:2We have heard with our ears, O God —our fathers have told us— of a work You did in their days, in days of old.
- Psalms 78:55He drove out nations before them, and allotted them an inheritance. He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
- Psalms 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations, so they inherited the labor of the peoples
- Psalms 135:12and gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to His people Israel.
- Numbers 32:33Moses then gave to them—the sons of Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, son of Joseph—the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan—the land with its cities and the territory around the cities.
- Deuteronomy 3:12“This land we took in possession at that time—from Aroer by the Wadi Arnon and half the hill country of the Gilead and its cities—I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites.
- Joshua 12:1Now these are the kings of the land whom Bnei-Yisrael defeated and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:
- Joshua 13:1Now Joshua was old and advanced in years when Adonai said to him, “You are old and getting on in years, yet very much of the land is still left to possess.
- Joshua 14:1Now these are the portions that Bnei-Yisrael possessed in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the kohen and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the ancestral houses of the tribes of Bnei-Yisrael apportioned to them.
- Joshua 15:1Now the allotment for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was as far as the border of Edom, southward to the wilderness of Zin at the extreme south.
- Joshua 16:1The allotment for the children of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east to the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.
- Joshua 17:1Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh, the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, since he was a man of war, he got Gilead and Bashan.
- Joshua 18:1Then the whole congregation of Bnei-Yisrael assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there, after the land was now subdued before them.
- Joshua 19:1Then the second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their clans. Now their portion was in the midst of the portion of the children of Judah.
- Joshua 20:1Then Adonai spoke to Joshua saying,
- Joshua 21:1Then the heads of ancestral houses of the Levites approached Eleazar the kohen and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of ancestral houses of the tribes of Bnei-Yisrael,
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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