Psalms 132:17

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“There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.”

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BSBPD

“There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“There I cause to spring up a horn for David, I have arranged a lamp for Mine anointed.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 132:17 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 2:10Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
  2. 1 Kings 11:36I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
  3. 1 Kings 15:4Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.
  4. 2 Kings 8:19Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
  5. 2 Chronicles 21:7Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
  6. Psalms 89:25I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
  7. Psalms 92:10But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
  8. Psalms 148:14He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!
  9. Ezekiel 29:21In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
  10. Luke 1:69He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
  11. Luke 2:30For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

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