Jeremiah 33:17
New International Version
For this is what the LORD says: ‘David will never fail to have a man to sit on the throne of Israel,

New Living Translation
For this is what the LORD says: David will have a descendant sitting on the throne of Israel forever.

English Standard Version
“For thus says the LORD: David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,

Berean Standard Bible
For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,

King James Bible
For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

New King James Version
“For thus says the LORD: ‘David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

New American Standard Bible
For this is what the LORD says: ‘David shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

NASB 1995
“For thus says the LORD, ‘David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

NASB 1977
“For thus says the LORD, ‘David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

Legacy Standard Bible
For thus says Yahweh, ‘David shall not have a man cut off from sitting on the throne of the house of Israel;

Amplified Bible
For thus says the LORD, ‘David shall never lack a man (descendant) to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

Christian Standard Bible
“For this is what the LORD says: David will never fail to have a man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“For this is what the LORD says: David will never fail to have a man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel.

American Standard Version
For thus saith Jehovah: David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because thus says LORD JEHOVAH: “David will not lack a son who dwells on the throne of the house of Israel

Contemporary English Version
The king of Israel will be one of David's descendants,

Douay-Rheims Bible
For thus saith the Lord: There shall not be cut off from David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel.

English Revised Version
For thus saith the LORD: David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"This is what the LORD says: David will never fail to have a descendant sitting on the throne of Israel.

Good News Translation
I, the LORD, promise that there will always be a descendant of David to be king of Israel

International Standard Version
For this is what the LORD says: 'David will never be without a man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel,

JPS Tanakh 1917
For thus saith the LORD: There shall not be cut off unto David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

Literal Standard Version
For thus said YHWH: “A man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel [is] never cut off from David,

Majority Standard Bible
For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,

New American Bible
For thus says the LORD: David shall never lack a successor on the throne of the house of Israel,

NET Bible
For I, the LORD, promise: "David will never lack a successor to occupy the throne over the nation of Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
For thus says the LORD: David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,

New Heart English Bible
For thus says the LORD: "David shall never want a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

Webster's Bible Translation
For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

World English Bible
For Yahweh says: “David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
For thus said Jehovah: 'Not cut off to David is one sitting on the throne of the house of Israel,

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Context
The Covenant with David
16In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness. 17For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, 18nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.”…

Cross References
2 Samuel 7:16
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever."

1 Kings 2:4
and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: 'If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'

1 Kings 8:25
Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: 'You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.'

1 Chronicles 17:11
And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

Psalm 89:29
I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

Jeremiah 17:25
then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.

Jeremiah 35:19
this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.'"


Treasury of Scripture

For thus said the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

David shall never want.

Jeremiah 35:19
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.

2 Samuel 3:29
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

2 Samuel 7:14-16
I 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: …

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Jeremiah 33
1. God promises to the captivity a gracious return;
9. a joyful state;
12. a settled government;
15. Christ the branch of righteousness;
17. a continuance of kingdom and priesthood;
19. and a stability of a blessed seed.














(17) David shall never want a man . . .--The words are hardly more than a repetition of promises like those of 2Samuel 7:16; 1Kings 2:4; Psalm 89:29; Psalm 89:36, but it is here repeated under very different circumstances. Then it had been given when the line of David was in all the freshness of its strength. Now it is uttered when that line seemed on the very point of dying out. The hope of the prophet is, however, inextinguishable. He is certain that the true King will always be of the house of David. It lay almost in the nature of the case that the words of the prophet should find a fulfilment other than that which was present to his thoughts; and that, while he pictured to himself an unbroken succession of sovereigns of David's line, there was in fact a higher fulfilment in the continuous sovereignty of the Christ as the true Son of David. We have something like an echo of the words in the words of the Angel at the Annunciation (Luke 1:32-33), and it is an echo that interprets them.

Verse 17. - David shall never want a man, etc. This is, in fact, a republication of the promise given by Nathan in 2 Samuel 7:12-16. It agrees in form with the announcements in 1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 8:25; 1 Kings 9:5.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

this is what
כֹ֖ה (ḵōh)
Adverb
Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the LORD
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

says:
אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

David
לְדָוִ֔ד (lə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

will never
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

lack
יִכָּרֵ֣ת (yik·kā·rêṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

a man
אִ֕ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

to sit
יֹשֵׁ֖ב (yō·šêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the throne
כִּסֵּ֥א (kis·sê)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3678: Seat of honor, throne

of the house
בֵֽית־ (ḇêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Israel,
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


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