# נֶצַח (netsach) Israeli respelling: ne-tsach. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H5331. 42 Old Testament occurrences. properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view) King James renderings: alway(-s), constantly, end, ([phrase] n-) ever(more), perpetual, strength, victory. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/netsach-h5331 ## Occurrences - [1 Samuel 15:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [2 Samuel 2:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/2/26) — Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how lo… - [1 Chronicles 29:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/29/11) — Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the e… - [Job 4:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/4/20) — They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it. - [Job 14:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/14/20) — Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. - [Job 20:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/20/7) — Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? - [Job 23:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/23/7) — There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. - [Job 34:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/34/36) — My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men. - [Job 36:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/36/7) — He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are e… - [Psalms 9:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/9/6) — O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. - [Psalms 9:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/9/18) — For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. - [Psalms 10:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/10/11) — He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. - [Psalms 13:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/13/1) — How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? - [Psalms 16:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/16/11) — Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. - [Psalms 44:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/44/23) — Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. - [Psalms 49:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/49/9) — That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. - [Psalms 49:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/49/19) — He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. - [Psalms 52:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/52/5) — God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land… - [Psalms 68:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/68/16) — Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. - [Psalms 74:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/74/1) — O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? - [Psalms 74:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/74/3) — Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. - [Psalms 74:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/74/10) — O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? - [Psalms 74:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/74/19) — O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. - [Psalms 77:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/77/8) — Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? - [Psalms 79:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/79/5) — How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? - [Psalms 89:46](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/89/46) — How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? - [Psalms 103:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/103/9) — He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. - [Proverbs 21:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/21/28) — A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. - [Isaiah 13:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/13/20) — It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neithe… - [Isaiah 25:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/25/8) — He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take a… - [Isaiah 28:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/28/28) — Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen. - [Isaiah 33:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/33/20) — Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down;… - [Isaiah 34:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/34/10) — It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shal… - [Isaiah 57:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/57/16) — For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. - [Jeremiah 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/3/5) — Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. - [Jeremiah 15:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/15/18) — Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters tha… - [Jeremiah 50:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/39) — Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it sha… - [Lamentations 3:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/18) — And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: - [Lamentations 5:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/5/20) — Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? - [Amos 1:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/1/11) — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his… - [Amos 8:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/8/7) — The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. - [Habakkuk 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/1/4) — Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment p…