For I, the LORD, promise:“ David will never lack a successor to occupy the throne over the nation of Israel.

“因为耶和华如此说：大卫必永不断人坐在以色列家的宝座上；

“因为耶和华如此说：大卫家必永远不断有人坐在以色列家的宝座上；

“因为耶和华如此说：大卫家必永远不断有人坐在以色列家的宝座上；

因为耶和华说，‘我应许大卫的后裔必永远统治以色列，

因为耶和华这样说：‘大卫家必不断有人坐在以色列家的王位上。

「因為耶和華如此說：大衛必永不斷人坐在以色列家的寶座上；

「因為耶和華如此說：大衛家必永遠不斷有人坐在以色列家的寶座上；

「因為耶和華如此說：大衛家必永遠不斷有人坐在以色列家的寶座上；

因為耶和華說，『我應許大衛的後裔必永遠統治以色列，

因為耶和華這樣說：‘大衛家必不斷有人坐在以色列家的王位上。

『因為永恆主這麼說：大衛家總必不斷地會有人坐以色列家的王位；

蓋耶和華曰、大衛必永不乏人、居以色列家之位、

耶和華又曰、大闢必有後、踐以色列國位。

主如是云、大衛家永不乏人坐於國位、治理以色列族、

For this is what the Lord says:‘ David will never fail to have a man to sit on the throne of Israel,

The Lord says,“ David will always have a son to sit on the throne of Israel.

“ For thus says the Lord: David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,

For this is what the Lord says: David will have a descendant sitting on the throne of Israel forever.

“ For this is what the LORD says: David will never fail to have a man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel.

For this is what the Lord says:‘ David shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

“ For thus says the Lord:‘ David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

For thus saith Jehovah: David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

“ For this is what the Lord says: David will never fail to have a man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel.

For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

For Yahweh says:“ David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.

and the LORD will fulfill his promise to me,‘ If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,’ he promised,‘ you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above.If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments,I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises.But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise.I will not break my covenant or go back on what I promised.Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David.His dynasty will last forever. His throne will endure before me, like the sun,it will remain stable, like the moon, his throne will endure like the skies.”( Selah)

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end.”

When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent.I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you.I will put him in permanent charge of my house and my kingdom; his dynasty will be permanent.”’”

His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The LORD’s intense devotion to his people will accomplish this.

Now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said,‘ You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’

I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.’”

Now you are willing to bless your servant’s dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O LORD, have blessed it and it will be blessed from now on into the future.”

So the LORD God of Israel who rules over all says,‘ Jonadab son of Rechab will never lack a male descendant to serve me.’”

May his blood whirl over the head of Joab and the entire house of his father! May the males of Joab’s house never cease to have someone with a running sore or a skin disease or one who works at the spindle or one who falls by the sword or one who lacks food!”