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Continuance

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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kon -tin´ū̇ -ans : Not in the Revised Version (British and American); in Psalm 139:16 the King James Version, as an interpretation of Hebrew yāmı̄m , "days," treating of God's prevision, where the Revised Version (British and American) has: "They were all written, even the days that were ordained for me," i.e. all my days were in view, before one of them actually existed. In Isaiah 64:5 the King James Version, for ‛ōlām , "of long time," the Revised Version (British and American); in Romans 2:7 , for hupomonḗ , "patience," the Revised Version (British and American), or still better, "steadlfastness," the Revised Version, margin.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Continuance'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​c/continuance.html. 1915.
 
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