Psalms 89:34

New Living Translation

No, I will not break my covenant; I will not take back a single word I said.

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
My covenant I will not profane,Nor will I alter what comes forth from My lips.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"My covenant I will not violate, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I wyll not violate my couenaunt: nor alter the thyng that is gone out of my lyppes.

Darby Translation
My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

New King James Version
My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.

Literal Translation
I will not profane My covenant, nor change what goes from My lips.

Easy-to-Read Version
I will not break my agreement with David. I will never change what I said.

World English Bible
I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what my lips have uttered.

King James Version (1611)
My couenant will I not breake: nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lippes.

King James Version
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuerthelesse, my louynge kyndnesse wil I not vtterly take from him, ner fuffre my trueth to fayle.

Amplified Bible
"My covenant I will not violate, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.

American Standard Version
My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Bible in Basic English
I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.

Update Bible Version
My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the thing that has gone out of my lips.

Webster's Bible Translation
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that hath gone out of my lips.

New English Translation
I will not break my covenant or go back on what I promised.

Contemporary English Version
"I won't break my agreement or go back on my word.

Complete Jewish Bible
But I won't withdraw my grace from him or be false to my faithfulness.

Geneva Bible (1587)
My couenant wil I not breake, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

George Lamsa Translation
Neither will I reject my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Hebrew Names Version
I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what my lips have uttered.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But My mercy will I not break off from him, nor will I be false to My faithfulness.

New Life Bible
I will not break My agreement, or change what was spoken by My lips.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.

English Revised Version
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Berean Standard Bible
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

New Revised Standard
I will not violate my covenant, or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I will not violate my covenant, And that which hath proceeded out of my lips, will I not alter:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(88-35) Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.

Lexham English Bible
I will not defile my covenant, or alter what proceeded from my lips.

English Standard Version
I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

New American Standard Bible
"I will not violate My covenant, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.

New Century Version
I will not break my agreement nor change what I have said.

Good News Translation
I will not break my covenant with him or take back even one promise I made him.

Christian Standard Bible®
I will not violate My covenant or change what My lips have said.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Nethir Y schal make vnhooli my testament; and Y schal not make voide tho thingis that comen forth of my lippis.

Young's Literal Translation
I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.

Revised Standard Version
I will not violate my covenant, or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people. You said, "I have raised up a warrior. I have selected him from the common people to be king. ²⁰ I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil. ²¹ I will steady him with my hand; with my powerful arm I will make him strong. ²² His enemies will not defeat him, nor will the wicked overpower him. ²³ I will beat down his adversaries before him and destroy those who hate him. ²⁴ My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him, and by my authority he will grow in power. ²⁵ I will extend his rule over the sea, his dominion over the rivers. ²⁶ And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.' ²⁷ I will make him my firstborn son, the mightiest king on earth. ²⁸ I will love him and be kind to him forever; my covenant with him will never end.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

covenant: Leviticus 26:44, Jeremiah 14:21, Jeremiah 33:20

nor: Numbers 23:19, Malachi 3:6, Matthew 24:35, Romans 11:29, James 1:17

Reciprocal: Judges 2:1 - I will never 2 Samuel 7:15 - But my Psalms 55:20 - broken Psalms 74:20 - Have Psalms 89:3 - made Psalms 89:28 - covenant Psalms 89:39 - void Psalms 110:4 - Lord Psalms 111:5 - he will Psalms 119:152 - thy testimonies Isaiah 54:10 - the covenant Jeremiah 33:21 - may Jeremiah 44:26 - I have sworn Romans 9:4 - covenants

Gill's Notes on the Bible

My covenant will I not break,.... Not the covenant at Sinai, as Aben Ezra, but the covenant of grace made with Christ, and which stands fast with him, Psalms 89:3, which is firm, sure, and stable, and as immovable as mountains and hills, and more so, 2 Samuel 23:5 or "profane" m it, though his people profane his statutes, Psalms 89:31, he will not profane his covenant; though they violate his laws, he is a God keeping covenant with them, and will not break his word with them:

nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips; any promise of his, respecting either the temporal, spiritual, or eternal welfare of his people: or "not change" n; as he changes not in his nature and perfections, nor in his love and affections, nor in his counsels and purposes; so neither in his covenant and promises, they are always the same, and have a certain and unchangeable accomplishment; there is a performance of whatsoever is spoken by the Lord, Luke 1:45.

m לא אחלל "non prophanabo", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, &c. n לא אשנה "non mutabo", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My covenant will I not break - literally, I will not pollute, defile, profane. See the notes at Psalms 89:31, where the same word is used. God says that he will not do in regard to the covenant as they had done.

Nor alter the thing ... - The promise which I have made. I will not make it a different thing. I will not modify its conditions, or withdraw it. It shall stand precisely as it was when I uttered it. What God promises will be exactly performed.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 89:34. My covenant will I not break — My determination to establish a spiritual kingdom, the head of which shall be Jesus, the son of David, shall never fail. My prophets have declared this, and I will not alter the thing that is gone out of my mouth.