King James Version

Psalms 37:29

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

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צַדִּיקִ֥יםtsadiqimjustצַדִּיקadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).יִֽירְשׁוּyireshvexpelיָרַשׁverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “expel”, an unfinished actionH3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruincast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, [idiom] without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) [phrase] magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have)…אָ֑רֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וְיִשְׁכְּנ֖וּveyishkenvand abideשָׁכַןconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and abide”, an unfinished actionH7931to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).לָעַ֣דlaadto eternityעַדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to eternity”, the ordinary formH5703properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition)eternity, ever(-lasting, -more), old, perpetually, [phrase] world without end.עָלֶֽיהָaleyhaaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell therein for ever.

Young’s Literal Translation

The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.

World English Bible

The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.

Darby Translation

The righteous shall possess the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But the righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell upon it for ever.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Δίκαιοι δὲ κληρονομήσουσι γῆν, καὶ κατασκηνώσουσιν εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος ἐπʼ αὐτῆς.

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