Acts 13:34–35
And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
And as concerning that he raised him vp from the dead, now no more to returne to corruption, he said on this wise, *I will giue you the sure †mercies of Dauid.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Greek wordingGre. [illegible Greek], holy or iust things, which word the Sept. both in the place of Esai 55.3.and in many others, vse for that which is in the Hebrew, Mercies.
- *Cross-referenceEsai. 55.3.
Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Wherfore he saith also in another Psalme, *Thou shalt not suffer thine holy one to see corruption.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referencePsal. 16.11.
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From verse 34
- Isaiah 55:3Rank 1 from verse 34
3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
3*Incline your eare, and come vnto me: heare, and your soule shall liue, and I will make an euerlasting couenant with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid.
- Psalms 89:2–4Rank 2 from verse 34
2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
2For I haue said, Mercie shall bee built vp for euer: thy faithfulnesse shalt thou establish in the very heauens.
3*I haue made a couenant with my chosen: I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruant.
4†Thy seed will I stablish for euer: and build vp thy throne to all generations. Selah.
- Romans 6:9Rank 3 from verse 34
- Psalms 89:19–37Rank 4 from verse 34
19Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
19Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I haue laid helpe vpon one that is mightie: I haue exalted one chosen out of the people.
20*I haue found Dauid my seruant: with my holy oile haue I anointed him.
21With whome my hand shall bee established: mine arme also shall strengthen him.
22The enemie shall not exact vpon him: nor the sonne of wickednesse afflict him.
23And I will beate downe his foes before his face: and plague them that hate him.
24But my faithfulnesse and my mercy shalbe with him: and in my name shall his horne be exalted.
25I will set his hand also in the sea: and his right hand in the riuers.
26He shall crie vnto mee, Thou art my father: my God, and the rocke of my saluation.
27Also I will make him my first borne: higher then the kings of the earth.
28My mercy will I keepe for him for euermore: and my couenant shall stand fast with him.
29His seed also will I make to indure for euer: and his throne as the dayes of heauen.
30If his children forsake my lawe, and walke not in my iudgements;
31†If they breake my statutes, and keepe not my commandements:
32Then will I visite their transgression with the rod, and their iniquitie with stripes.
33††Neuerthelesse, my louing kindnesse will I not vtterly take from him: nor suffer my faithfulnesse to faile.
34My couenant will I not breake: nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lippes.
35†Once haue I sworne by my holinesse; that I will not lye vnto Dauid.
36*His seede shall endure for euer; and his throne as the sunne before me.
37It shalbe established for euer as the Moone: and as a faithfull witnesse in heauen. Selah.
- 2 Samuel 7:14–16Rank 5 from verse 34
14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
15But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
16And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
14*I will be his father, and he shall be my sonne: *if hee commit iniquitie, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.
15But my mercie shall not depart away from him, as I tooke it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
16And thine house, and thy kingdome shall be stablished for euer before thee: thy throne shall be stablished for euer.
- Ezekiel 34:23–24Rank 6 from verse 34
23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
24And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.
23And I will set vp one *shepheard ouer them, and hee shall feede them, euen my seruant Dauid; he shall feede them, and hee shall be their shepheard.
24And I the LORD will be their God, and my seruant Dauid a prince among them, I the LORD haue spoken it.
- Jeremiah 33:15–17Rank 7 from verse 34
15¶ In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
16In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.
17¶ For thus saith the Lord; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
15¶ *In those dayes, and at that time will I cause the branch of righteousnesse to grow vp vnto Dauid, and he shall execute iudgement and righteousnesse in the land.
16†In those dayes shall Iudah be saued, and Ierusalem shall dwell safely, and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousnesse.
17¶ †*For thus saith the LORD; Dauid shall neuer want a man to sit vpon the throne of the house of Israel.
- Jeremiah 33:26Rank 8 from verse 34
26Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
26Then will I cast away the seede of Iacob and Dauid my seruant, so that I will not take any of his seede to be rulers ouer the seede of Abraham, Isaac and Iacob: for I will cause their captiuitie to returne, and haue mercie on them.
- 2 Samuel 23:5Rank 9 from verse 34
5Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
5Although my house be not so with God: yet he hath made with mee an euerlasting couenant, ordred in al things and sure: for this is all my saluation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
- Acts 13:37Rank 10 from verse 34
11¶ In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
11¶ In that day will I raise vp the *tabernacle of Dauid, that is fallen, and †close vp the breaches thereof, and I will raise vp his ruines, and I will build it as in the dayes of old;
- Ezekiel 37:24–25Rank 12 from verse 34
24And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
24*And Dauid my seruant shall be King ouer them, and they all shall haue one shepheard: they shall also walke in my iudgements, and obserue my statutes, and doe them.
25And they shall dwell in the land that I haue giuen vnto Iacob my seruant, wherin your fathers haue dwelt, and they shall dwell therein, euen they and their children, and their childrens children for euer, and my seruant Dauid shalbe their prince for euer.
- Zechariah 12:8Rank 13 from verse 34
8In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.
8‖In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as Dauid; and the house of Dauid shall be as God, as the Angel of the LORD before them.
5Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
5**Afterward shall the children of Israel returne, and seeke the LORD their God, and Dauid their King, and shall feare the LORD, and his goodnesse in the latter dayes.
From verse 35
- Psalms 16:10Rank 1 from verse 35
- Acts 2:27–31Rank 2 from verse 35
27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
28Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
27Because thou wilt not leaue my soule in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy one to see corruption.
28Thou hast made knowen to mee the wayes of life, thou shalt make mee full of ioy with thy countenance.
29Men and brethren, ‖let me freely speake vnto you *of the Patriarch Dauid, that he is both dead & buried, and his sepulchre is with vs vnto this day:
30Therefore being a Prophet, *and knowing that God had sworne with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loines, according to the flesh, hee would raise vp Christ, to sit on his throne:
31He seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, *that his soule was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
- Acts 13:36–37Rank 3 from verse 35
36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
37But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
36For Dauid after he had serued his ‖owne generation by the will of God, *fell on sleepe, and was laide vnto his fathers, and saw corruption:
37But hee whom God raised againe, saw no corruption.
- Hebrews 11:5Rank 4 from verse 35
5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
5By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death, and was not found, because God had translated him: For before his translation he had this testimonie, that he pleased God.
- Psalms 49:9Rank 8 from verse 35
- Psalms 89:48Rank 9 from verse 35
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concerning
Regarding, relating to, or about.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of raise. Sense 1: To rouse; to stir up. Sense 2: To lift or set upright. Sense 3: To exalt. Sense 4: To build or produce. Sense 5: To call forth. Sense 6: To restore to life.
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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.
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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.
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corruption
Sense 1: Decay, rottenness, spoilage, defect, ruin, or dissolution. Sense 2: Moral depravity.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.
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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.
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To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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Certain, firm, secure, dependable, or firmly established.
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Plural form of mercy (compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm).
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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.
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A sacred song or hymn; a song composed on a divine subject and in praise of God.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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1. To permit, allow, let, or tolerate. 2. To endure, bear, experience, undergo, or be subjected to something.
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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.
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A divine title used of the LORD and of Jesus Christ, often as the Holy One of Israel or the Holy One of God.
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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.
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corruption
Sense 1: Decay, rottenness, spoilage, defect, ruin, or dissolution. Sense 2: Moral depravity.
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33God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
33God hath fulfilled the same vnto vs their children, in that he hath raised vp Iesus againe, as it is also written in the *second Psalme: Thou art my Sonne, this day haue I begotten thee.
34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
34And as concerning that he raised him vp from the dead, now no more to returne to corruption, he said on this wise, *I will giue you the sure †mercies of Dauid.
Selected passage35Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
35Wherfore he saith also in another Psalme, *Thou shalt not suffer thine holy one to see corruption.
Selected passage36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
36For Dauid after he had serued his ‖owne generation by the will of God, *fell on sleepe, and was laide vnto his fathers, and saw corruption: