Micah 7:20 KJV
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Thou and Ye
- thou one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Promises and encouragements for IsraelWhen God is about to deliver his people, he stirs up their friends to pray for them. Apply spiritually the prophet's prayer to Christ, to take care of his...
Thompson Chains
- Divine FaithfulnessSee the chain from Deuteronomy 7:9 · 6 links
- God of TruthSee the chain from Deuteronomy 32:4 · 5 links
- God's OathsSee the chain from Genesis 22:16 · 8 links
Cross References
- 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; …
- Luke 1:72–74 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; …
- 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: …
- 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. …
- 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: …
- 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; …
- Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- Psalms 105:8–10 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. …
- 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; …
- Luke 1:54–55 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; …
- 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. …
- 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: …
- Hebrews 6:13–18 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, …
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible759–698 BC · Micah, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Thou wilt perform תִּתֵּן tittēn נָתַן Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular
- the truth אֱמֶת ʾĕmet אֶמֶת Noun · feminine singular
- to Jacob לְיַעֲקֹב lĕyaʿăqōb יַעֲקֹב Proper name · with preposition
- the mercy חֶסֶד ḥesed חֵסֵד Noun · masculine singular
- to Abraham לְאַבְרָהָם lĕʾabrāhām אַבְרָהָם Proper name · with preposition
- which thou hast sworn אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ nišbaʿtā שָׁבַע Verb · niphal perfect, second person masculine singular
- unto our fathers לַאֲבֹתֵינוּ laʾăbōtênû אָב Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: first person common plural
- from the days מִימֵי mîmê יוֹם Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition
- of old קֶדֶם qedem קֶדֶם Noun · masculine singular
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