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1 Chronicles 16:15-17
New English Translation
1 Chronicles 16:15-17
New English Translation
15 Remember[a] continually his covenantal decree,
the promise he made[b] to a thousand generations—
16 the promise[c] he made to Abraham,
the promise he made by oath to Isaac![d]
17 He gave it to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as a lasting promise,[e]
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 16:15 tn The Hebrew text has a masculine plural imperative, addressed to the people. Some LXX mss harmonize the wording here to Ps 105:8, which has זָכַר (zakhar), the perfect third masculine singular form of the verb, “He (the Lord) remembers” (so NIV; NEB reads “He called to mind his covenant”).
- 1 Chronicles 16:15 tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 16-18 make clear.
- 1 Chronicles 16:16 tn Heb “which.”
- 1 Chronicles 16:16 tn Heb “his oath to Isaac.”
- 1 Chronicles 16:17 tn Or “eternal covenant.”
New English Translation (NET)
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