Psalm 132:11 {131:11}
Good News Translation
You made a solemn promise to David--a promise you will not take back: "I will make one of your sons king, and he will rule after you.

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: “One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.

Contemporary English Version
You made a solemn promise to David, when you said, "I, the LORD, promise that someone in your family will always be king.

New American Bible
The LORD swore an oath to David in truth, he will never turn back from it: “Your own offspring I will set upon your throne.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne.

sworn

Psalm 89:3,4,33,37 I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant: . . .

Psalm 110:4 The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.

1 Samuel 15:29 But the triumpher in Israel will not spare, and will not be moved to repentance: for he is not a man that he should repent.

Jeremiah 33:20-26 Thus saith the Lord: if my covenant, with the day can be made void, and my covenant with the night, that there should not be day and night in their season: . . .

Hebrews 6:18 That by two immutable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest comfort, we who have fled for refuge to hold fast the hope set before us.

of the fruit

2 Samuel 7:12 And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of the bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

1 Kings 8:25 Now, therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David, my father, what thou hast spoken to him, saying: There shall not be taken away of thee a man in my sight, to sit on the throne of Israel: yet so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked in my sight.

2 Chronicles 6:16 Now then, O Lord God of Israel, fulfil to thy servant David my father, whatsoever thou hast promised him, saying: There shall not fail thee a man in my sight, to sit upon the throne of Israel: yet so that thy children take heed to their ways, and walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

Luke 1:69,70 And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, in the house of David his servant. . . .

Acts 2:30 Whereas therefore he was a prophet and knew that God hath sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit upon his throne.

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Context
Remember David's Affliction
10For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thy anointed. 11The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne.12If thy children will keep my covenant, and these my testimonies which I shall teach them: Their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.…
Cross References
Matthew 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

Luke 1:55
As he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

Acts 2:30
Whereas therefore he was a prophet and knew that God hath sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit upon his throne.

2 Samuel 7:12
And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of the bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

1 Chronicles 17:11
And when thou shalt have ended thy days to go to thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons: and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 6:16
Now then, O Lord God of Israel, fulfil to thy servant David my father, whatsoever thou hast promised him, saying: There shall not fail thee a man in my sight, to sit upon the throne of Israel: yet so that thy children take heed to their ways, and walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

Psalm 89:3
I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:

Psalm 89:4
Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.

Psalm 89:35
Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

Psalm 132:10
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