King James Version

Psalms 105:10

And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

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וַיַּֽעֲמִידֶ֣הָvayaamidehaand standעָמַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and stand”, the next action in the storyH5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, m…לְיַעֲקֹ֣בleyaaqovto Jacobיַעֲקֹבpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.לְחֹ֑קlechoqto appointedחֹקpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to appointed”, the ordinary formH2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, [idiom] necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.לְ֝יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לleyisraelto Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.בְּרִ֣יתberitconfederacyבְּרִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “confederacy”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.עוֹלָֽםolamalwayעוֹלָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alway”, the ordinary formH5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) alwaysalway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And He established it unto Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

Young’s Literal Translation

And doth establish it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel — a covenant age-during,

World English Bible

and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

Darby Translation

And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, unto Israel for an everlasting covenant,

Douay-Rheims

And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And He established it unto Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὴν τῷ Ἰακὼβ εἰς πρόσταγμα, καὶ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς διαθήκην αἰώνιον,