King James Version
Psalms 105:10 in the King James Version says “And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 105 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:”
Psalms 105:10 · KJV
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: lot: Heb. cord
When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And confirmed”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“for a law”
H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
“and to Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“for an everlasting”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
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