King James Version

Psalms 89:29

His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 89:30.

וְשַׂמְתִּ֣יvesamtiand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and put”, a completed action in a sequenceH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…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.זַרְע֑וֹzarvoseedזֶרַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “seed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity[idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.וְ֝כִסְא֗וֹvekhisvoand throneכִּסֵּאconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and throne”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3678properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)seat, stool, throne.כִּימֵ֥יkimeas as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “as as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…שָׁמָֽיִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(89-30) His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

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American Standard Version (1901)

His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.

World English Bible

I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Darby Translation

And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(89-30) His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ θήσομαι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ ὡς τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.