World English Bible
"He confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,"
— 1 Chronicles 16:17, World English Bible
“And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,”
“And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant, ”
“He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,”
“And he appointed the same to Jacob for a precept: and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:”
“And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;”
“And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,”
He is Yahweh our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
Remember his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
[the covenant] which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac.
He confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
saying, "I will give you the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance,"
when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners were in it.
They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.