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Psalms 21:4
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He asked you for life, and you gave it to him—length of days forever and ever.
He asked life of you, you gave it to him, Even length of days forever and ever.
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.
He asked you for life, and you gave it to him, so his years go on and on.
He asked you to sustain his life, and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty.
He asked life of You, And You gave it to him, Long life forever and evermore.
He asked for life from You, You gave it to him, Length of days forever and ever.
He asked life of you, you gave it to him, Even length of days forever and ever.
He asked life of thee, and thou gauest him a long life for euer and euer.
He asked life of You,You gave it to him,Length of days forever and ever.
He asked You for life, and You granted it-length of days, forever and ever.
He asked to live a long time, and you promised him life that never ends.
He asked life of thee; thou gavest [it] him, length of days for ever and ever.
He asked for life, and you gave it. You gave him life that goes on forever.
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
He asked for life, and you gave it, a long and lasting life.
He asked life from you; you gave it to him— length of days forever and ever.
He asked life from You: You gave to him length of days forever and ever.
He asked life of the, & thou gauest him a longe life, eue for euer & euer.
He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever and ever.
He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.
For Thou meetest him with choicest blessings; Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.
He asked life of thee, and thou gauest it him, euen length of dayes for euer and euer.
He asked life of thee, and thou gauest him long dayes: euen for euer and euer.
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him length of days for ever and ever.
He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him; even length of days for ever and ever.
He axide of thee lijf, and thou yauest to hym; the lengthe of daies in to the world, `and in to the world of world.
He asked life of you, you gave it him, Even length of days forever and ever.
He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] to him, [even] length of days for ever and ever.
He asked life from You, and You gave it to him-- Length of days forever and ever.
He asked you to preserve his life, and you granted his request. The days of his life stretch on forever.
He asked You for life and You gave it to him, a long life forever and ever.
He asked you for life; you gave it to him— length of days forever and ever.
Life, he asked of thee, Thou hast given it him, length of days, to times age-abiding and beyond.
(20-5) He asked life of thee: and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.
He asked life of thee; thou gavest it to him, length of days for ever and ever.
Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.
He asked life of You, You gave it to him, Length of days forever and ever.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
asked: Psalms 13:3, Psalms 16:10, Psalms 16:11, Psalms 61:5, Psalms 61:6, Psalms 119:77, Psalms 119:175
length: Psalms 72:17, Psalms 89:29, Psalms 89:36, Psalms 89:37, Psalms 91:16, Revelation 1:18
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:14 - I will lengthen 1 Chronicles 4:10 - God granted Psalms 23:6 - for ever Psalms 34:12 - What Psalms 37:18 - their Psalms 72:15 - And he Psalms 133:3 - even life Proverbs 3:2 - long life Proverbs 3:16 - Length Proverbs 10:27 - fear Isaiah 53:10 - he shall prolong John 5:39 - ye think Acts 2:28 - made
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so Sarah said to Avraham, "Throw this slave-girl out! And her son! I will not have this slave-girl's son as your heir along with my son Yitz'chak!"
But God said to Avraham, "Don't be distressed because of the boy and your slave-girl. Listen to everything Sarah says to you, because it is your descendants through Yitz'chak who will be counted.
(vi) At that time Avimelekh and Pikhol the commander of his army spoke to Avraham. They said, "God is with you in everything you do.
Therefore, swear to me here by God that you will never deal falsely with me or with my son or grandson; but according to the kindness with which I have treated you, you will treat me and the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.
If a foreigner staying with you wants to observe Adonai 's Pesach, all his males must be circumcised. Then he may take part and observe it; he will be like a citizen of the land. But no uncircumcised person is to eat it.
On the eighth day, the baby's foreskin is to be circumcised.
Here are the laws and rulings you are to observe and obey in the land Adonai , the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess as long as you live on earth. You must destroy all the places where the nations you are dispossessing served their gods, whether on high mountains, on hills, or under some leafy tree. Break down their altars, smash their standing-stones to pieces, burn up their sacred poles completely and cut down the carved images of their gods. Exterminate their name from that place. "But you are not to treat Adonai your God this way. Rather, you are to come to the place where Adonai your God will put his name. He will choose it from all your tribes; and you will seek out that place, which is where he will live, and go there. You will bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tenths [that you set aside for Adonai ], the offerings that you give, the offerings you have vowed, your voluntary offerings, and the firstborn of your cattle and sheep. There you will eat in the presence of Adonai your God; and you will rejoice over everything you set out to do, you and your households, in which Adonai your God has blessed you. You will not do things the way we do them here today, where everyone does whatever in his own opinion seems right; because you haven't yet arrived at the rest and inheritance which Adonai your God is giving you. But when you cross the Yarden and live in the land Adonai your God is having you inherit, and he gives you rest from all your surrounding enemies, so that you are living in safety; (ii) then you will bring all that I am ordering you to the place Adonai your God chooses to have his name live — your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tenths, the offering from your hand, and all your best possessions that you dedicate to Adonai ; and you will rejoice in the presence of Adonai your God — you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves and the Levi staying with you, inasmuch as he has no share or inheritance with you. "Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings just anywhere you see, but do it in the place Adonai will choose in one of your tribal territories; there is where you are to offer your burnt offerings and do everything I order you to do. However, you may slaughter and eat meat wherever you live and whenever you want, in keeping with the degree to which Adonai your God has blessed you. The unclean and the clean may eat it, as if it were gazelle or deer. But don't eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water. "You are not to eat on your own property the tenth of your grain, new wine or olive oil [that you set aside for Adonai ], or the firstborn of your cattle or sheep, or any offering you have vowed, or your voluntary offering, or the offering from your hand. No, you are to eat these in the presence of Adonai your God in the place Adonai your God will choose — you and your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, and the Levi who is your guest; and you are to rejoice before Adonai your God in everything you undertake to do. As long as you are living on your property, take care not to abandon the Levi. "When Adonai your God expands your territory, as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I want to eat meat,' simply because you want to eat meat, then you may eat meat, as much as you want. If the place which Adonai your God chooses to place his name is too far away from you; then you are to slaughter animals from your cattle or sheep, which Adonai has given you; and eat on your own property, as much as you want. Eat it as you would gazelle or deer; the unclean and clean alike may eat it. Just take care not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you are not to eat the life with the meat. Don't eat it, but pour it out on the ground like water. Do not eat it, so that things will go well with you and with your children after you, as you do what Adonai sees as right. Only the things set aside for God which you have, and the vows you have vowed to make, you must take and go to the place which Adonai will choose. There you will offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the altar of Adonai your God. The blood of your sacrifices is to be poured out on the altar of Adonai your God, and you will eat the meat. Obey and pay attention to everything I am ordering you to do, so that things will go well with you and with your descendants after you forever, as you do what Adonai sees as good and right. (iii) "When Adonai your God has cut off ahead of you the nations you are entering in order to dispossess, and when you have dispossessed them and are living in their land; be careful, after they have been destroyed ahead of you, not to be trapped into following them; so that you inquire after their gods and ask, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I want to do the same.' You must not do this to Adonai your God! For they have done to their gods all the abominations that Adonai hates! They even burn up their sons and daughters in the fire for their gods!
Both of them were righteous before God, observing all the mitzvot and ordinances of Adonai blamelessly.
On the eighth day, they came to do the child's b'rit-milah. They were about to name him Z'kharyah, after his father,
On the eighth day, when it was time for his b'rit-milah, he was given the name Yeshua, which is what the angel had called him before his conception.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him,.... Both for himself, as man, when he was about to die, that he might be raised to life again, which was granted him; and for his people, that they might live spiritually and eternally, and accordingly life is given to him for them; and he has power to give it to as many as the Father has given him, John 17:2;
[even] length of days for ever and ever; the life he has for himself as man is what will ever continue; he will die no more, death will have no more dominion over him; he will live for evermore, and that to make intercession for his members, Romans 6:9; and the life which is granted them at his request is an everlasting one, both as to body and soul; for though they die as other men, they shall live again in the resurrection of the just, and never die more, but shall be like the angels in heaven; and as for the second death, that shall not harm them, nor have any power over them; they will live and reign with Christ for ever.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He asked life of thee - An expression similar to this occurs in Psalms 61:5-6, âFor thou, O God, hast heard my vows;...Thou wilt prolong the kingâs life, and his years to many generations.â The expression in both cases implies that there had been a prayer for âlife,â as if life were in danger. The expression itself would be applicable to a time of sickness, or to danger of any kind, and here it is used doubtless in reference to the exposure of life in going into battle, or in going forth to war. In this apprehended peril he prayed that God would defend him. He earnestly sought protection as he went forth to the perils of war.
And thou gavest it him - Thou didst hear and answer his prayer. He was saved from danger.
Even length of days forever and ever - Thou didst grant him more than he asked. He sought life for himself; thou bast not only granted that, but hast granted to him the assurance that he should live in his posterity to all generations. The idea is, that there would be an indefinite contination of his race. His posterity would occupy his throne, and there would be no end to his reign thus prolonged. Beyond all his petitions and his hopes, God bad given the assurance that his reign would be permanent and enduring. We cannot suppose that he understood this as if it were a promise made to him personally, that âheâ would live and would occupy the throne forever; but the natural interpretation is that which would refer it to his posterity, and to the perpetuity of the reign of his family or descendants. A similar promise occurs elsewhere: 2 Samuel 7:13, 2 Samuel 7:16; compare the notes at Psalms 18:50. It is by no means an uncommon thing that God gives us more than we asked in our prayers. The offering of prayer is not only the means of securing the blessing which we asked, but also often of securing much more important blessings which we did not ask. If the expression were allowable it might be said that the prayer âsuggestedâ to the divine mind the conferring of all needed blessings, or it indicates such a state of mind on the part of him who prays that God âtakes occasionâ to confer blessings which were not asked; as a request made by a child to a parent for a specific favor is followed not only by granting âthatâ favor, but by bestowing others of which the child did not think. The state of mind on the part of the child was such as to âdisposeâ the parent to grant much larger blessings.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 21:4. He asked life of thee — This verse has caused some interpreters to understand the Psalm of Hezekiah's sickness, recovery, and the promised addition to his life of fifteen years; but it may be more literally understood of the Messiah, of whom David was the type, and in several respects the representative.
