Psalm 132:11
New International Version
The LORD swore an oath to David, a sure oath he will not revoke: “One of your own descendants I will place on your throne.

New Living Translation
The LORD swore an oath to David with a promise he will never take back: “I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

English 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.

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

King James Bible
The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

New King James Version
The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: “I will set upon your throne the fruit of your body.

New American Standard Bible
The LORD has sworn to David A truth from which He will not turn back: “I will set upon your throne one from the fruit of your body.

NASB 1995
The LORD has sworn to David A truth from which He will not turn back: “Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.

NASB 1977
The LORD has sworn to David, A truth from which He will not turn back; “Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh has sworn to David A truth from which He will not turn back: “Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.

Amplified Bible
The LORD swore to David A truth from which He will not turn back: “One of your descendants I will set upon your throne.

Christian Standard Bible
The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise he will not abandon: “I will set one of your offspring on your throne.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not abandon:” I will set one of your descendants on your throne.

American Standard Version
Jehovah hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy 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.

English Revised Version
The LORD hath sworn unto David in truth; he will not turn from it: of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD swore an oath to David. This is a truth he will not take back: "I will set one of your own descendants on your throne.

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.

International Standard Version
The LORD made an oath to David from which he will not retreat: "One of your sons I will set in place on your throne.

Majority Standard Bible
The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

NET Bible
The LORD made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, "I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

New Heart English Bible
The LORD has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: "I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD hath sworn in truth to David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

World English Bible
Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
YHWH has sworn truth to David, "" He does not turn back from it: “Of the fruit of your body, "" I set on the throne for you.

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee.

Smith's Literal Translation
Jehovah sware the truth to David; he will not turn back from it: from the fruit of thy belly I will set upon the throne to thee.
Catholic Translations
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.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The Lord has sworn the truth to David, and he will not disappoint: I will set upon your throne from the fruit of your lineage.

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.

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.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
The LORD has sworn in truth to David (he will not turn from it): Of the fruit of your body will I set up your throne.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
LORD JEHOVAH has sworn to David in truth and he will not turn from it: "One from the fruits of your loins I shall set upon your throne.”
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The LORD swore unto David in truth; He will not turn back from it: 'Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The Lord sware in truth to David, and he will not annul it, saying, Of the fruit of thy body will I set a king upon thy throne.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Remember David's Affliction
10For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one. 11The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne. 12If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”…

Cross References
2 Samuel 7:12-16
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. ...

Acts 2:30
But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

Luke 1:32-33
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”

1 Chronicles 17:11-14
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. / He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor. ...

Jeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

Romans 1:3
regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,

Matthew 1:1
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

2 Samuel 23:5
Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?

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.’

Ezekiel 34:23-24
I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd. / I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Isaiah 11:1
Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.

Luke 1:69-70
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, / as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,

Hebrews 1:5
For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?

Revelation 5:5
Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”


Treasury of Scripture

The LORD has sworn in truth to David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of your body will I set on your throne.

sworn

Psalm 89:3,4,33,37
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, …

Psalm 110:4
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

1 Samuel 15:29
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

of the fruit

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

1 Kings 8:25
Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

2 Chronicles 6:16
Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which 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 way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

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Psalm 132
1. David in his prayer commends unto God the reverent care he had for the ark
8. His prayer at the removing of the ark
11. With a repetition of God's promises














The LORD swore an oath
This phrase emphasizes the solemnity and unchangeable nature of God's promise. In Hebrew, the word for "swore" is "נִשְׁבַּע" (nishba), which conveys a binding commitment. The act of swearing an oath by the LORD Himself underscores His faithfulness and the certainty of His word. In the ancient Near Eastern context, oaths were serious and inviolable, often sealed with a sacrifice or a solemn ritual. Here, it signifies God's unwavering commitment to His covenant with David.

to David
David, the second king of Israel, is a central figure in the biblical narrative. His life and reign are chronicled in the books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles. David is often seen as a man after God's own heart, despite his flaws. The promise to David is foundational for the messianic hope in the Bible, as it establishes his lineage as the royal line through which the Messiah would come. This covenant with David is a continuation of God's redemptive plan, which began with Abraham.

a promise He will not revoke
The Hebrew word for "promise" here is "אֱמֶת" (emet), which also means truth or faithfulness. This highlights the reliability and steadfastness of God's word. The phrase "will not revoke" assures us of the permanence of God's covenant. In a world where human promises often fail, God's promises are unbreakable. This assurance is a source of hope and confidence for believers, reminding them of God's unchanging nature.

One of your descendants
The Hebrew term "מִפְּרִי בִטְנְךָ" (mi-pri bitnecha) literally means "from the fruit of your body," indicating a biological descendant. This promise points directly to the Davidic line, which is significant in the biblical narrative as it leads to the birth of Jesus Christ, the ultimate fulfillment of this promise. The genealogies in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke trace Jesus' lineage back to David, affirming Him as the rightful heir to David's throne.

I will place on your throne
The throne symbolizes authority, kingship, and governance. In the context of ancient Israel, the throne of David represented not just political power but also spiritual leadership under God's guidance. The promise of placing a descendant on David's throne is not merely about political succession but about the establishment of an eternal kingdom. This is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, whose reign is eternal and whose kingdom is not of this world, as He reigns in the hearts of believers and will one day return to establish His kingdom fully.

(11) In truth.--This is a possible rendering, but it is more impressive to render, Jehovah hath sworn unto David. It is a true oath; He will not depart from it. (Comp. Psalm 110:4.) The substance of the oath which follows is taken from 2 Samuel 7.

Verses 11-18. - God's oath of promise to David. This passage is based mainly on 2 Samuel 7:11-16, but contains likewise expressions which seem taken from other psalms, as Psalm 48:1, 2; Psalm 68:16; Psalm 89:3, 4; Psalm 147:14. The chief promise is that of a special "fruit of his body" to be "set upon his throne" (ver. 11) and to reign in Zion forever (vers. 13, 14). Verse 11. - The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David (comp. Psalm 89:3, 35). He will not turn from it. So it is said of another Divine oath, "The Lord sware, and will not repent" (Psalm 110:4). Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne (see 2 Samuel 7:12; Acts 2:30).

Parallel Commentaries ...


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

swore an oath
נִשְׁבַּֽע־ (niš·ba‘-)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

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

a promise He will not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

revoke:
יָשׁ֪וּב (yā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

“One of your descendants
מִפְּרִ֥י (mip·pə·rî)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6529: Fruit

I will set
אָ֝שִׁ֗ית (’ā·šîṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7896: To put, set

upon your throne.
לְכִסֵּא־ (lə·ḵis·sê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3678: Seat of honor, throne


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