micah 7:20 thou wilt perform the truth to jacob and the mercy to abraham which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old

Micah 7:20

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— You will give truth to Jacob [And] unchanging love to Abraham, Which You swore to our forefathers From the days of old.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Thou wilt perform truth to Jacob, loving-kindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers, from the days of old.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Thou wilt grant—the faithfulness to Jacob, the lovingkindness to Abraham,—which thou didst swear to our fathers, from the days of ancient time.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Thou givest truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, That thou hast sworn to our fathers, from the days of antiquity!
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, the mercy to Abraham: which thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Thou wilt perfourme thy trueth to Iaakob, and mercie to Abraham, as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers in olde time.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Thou wilt performe the trueth to Iacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworne vnto our fathers from the dayes of old.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Thou wilt grant truth to Jacob and mercy to Abraham, as thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— He shall give blessings truly to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham{gr.Abraam}, as thou swarest to our fathers, according to the former days.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Thou wilt perform the truth to Yaaqov, [and] the mercy to Avraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

Thou wilt perform 5414

{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}

A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).

z8799

<8799> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885

the truth 571

{0571} Prime
אֱמֶת
'emeth
{eh'-meth}

Contracted from H0539; stability; figuratively certainty, truth, trustworthiness.

to Ya`áköv יַעֲקֹב, 3290

{3290} Prime
יַעֲקֹב
Ya`aqob
{yah-ak-obe'}

From H6117; heel catcher (that is, supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.

[and] the mercy 2617

{2617} Prime
חֶסֶד
checed
{kheh'-sed}

From H2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opprobrium) reproof, or (subjectively) beauty.

to ´Avrähäm אַברָהָם, 85

{0085} Prime
אַבְרָהָם
'Abraham
{ab-raw-hawm'}

Contracted from H0001 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram.

which x834

(0834) Complement
אֲשֶׁר
'asher
{ash-er'}

A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

thou hast sworn 7650

{7650} Prime
שָׁבַע
shaba`
{shaw-bah'}

A primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from H7651; to seven oneself, that is, swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times).

z8738

<8738> Grammar

Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 1429

unto our fathers 1

{0001} Prime
אָב
'ab
{awb}

A primitive word; father in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application.

from the days 3117

{3117} Prime
יוֹם
yowm
{yome}

From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially).

x4480

(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}

For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.

of old. 6924

{6924} Prime
קֶדֶם
qedem
{keh'-dem}

From H6923; the front, of palce (absolutely the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward).

Micah 7:20

_ _ perform the truth — the faithful promise.

_ _ to Jacob ... Abraham — Thou shalt make good to their posterity the promise made to the patriarchs. God’s promises are called “mercy,” because they flow slowly from grace; “truth," because they will be surely performed (Luke 1:72, Luke 1:73; 1 Thessalonians 5:24).

_ _ sworn unto our fathers — (Psalms 105:9, Psalms 105:10). The promise to Abraham is in Genesis 12:2; to Isaac, in Genesis 26:24; to Jacob, in Genesis 28:13. This unchangeable promise implied an engagement that the seed of the patriarchs should never perish, and should be restored to their inheritance as often as they turned wholly to God (Deuteronomy 30:1, Deuteronomy 30:2).

See commentary on Micah 7:14-20.

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Micah 7:20

Thou wilt perform the ^(u) truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

^(u) The Church is assured that God will perform the truth of his merciful promise, which he had made long ago to Abraham, and to all that would apprehend the promise by faith.

Genesis 12:2-3 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: ... And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 17:7-8 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. ... And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Genesis 22:16-18 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]: ... And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Genesis 26:3-4 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; ... And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

Genesis 28:13-14 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; ... And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Psalms 105:8-10 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations. ... And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant:

Jeremiah 33:25-26 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant [be] not with day and night, [and if] I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; ... Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, [so] that I will not take [any] of his seed [to be] rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

Luke 1:54-55 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of [his] mercy; ... As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

Luke 1:72-74 To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; ... That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

Acts 3:25-26 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. ... Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

Romans 11:26-31 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: ... Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

Hebrews 6:13-18 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, ... That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Gn 12:2; 17:7; 22:16; 26:3; 28:13. Ps 105:8. Jr 33:25. Lk 1:54, 72. Ac 3:25. Ro 11:26. He 6:13.