1 Chronicles 16:17
Strong's Lexicon
He confirmed it
וַיַּעֲמִידֶ֤הָ (way·ya·‘ă·mî·ḏe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5975: 1) to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stand, take one's stand, be in a standing attitude, stand forth, take a stand, present oneself, attend upon, be or become servant of 1a2) to stand still, stop (moving or doing), cease 1a3) to tarry, delay, remain, continue, abide, endure, persist, be steadfast 1a4) to make a stand, hold one's ground 1a5) to stand upright, remain standing, stand up, rise, be erect, be upright 1a6) to arise, appear, come on the scene, stand forth, appear, rise up or against 1a7) to stand with, take one's stand, be appointed, grow flat, grow insipid 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to station, set 1b2) to cause to stand firm, maintain 1b3) to cause to stand up, cause to set up, erect 1b4) to present (one) before (king) 1b5) to appoint, ordain, establish 1c) (Hophal) to be presented, be caused to stand, be stood before

to Jacob
לְיַעֲקֹב֙ (lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob = 'heel holder' or 'supplanter' 1) son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel

as a decree,
לְחֹ֔ק (lə·ḥōq)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2706: 1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due 1a) prescribed task 1b) prescribed portion 1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve 1d) prescribed due 1e) prescribed limit, boundary 1f) enactment, decree, ordinance 1f1) specific decree 1f2) law in general 1g) enactments, statutes 1g1) conditions 1g2) enactments 1g3) decrees 1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God

to Israel
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (lə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel = 'God prevails' 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile

as an everlasting
עוֹלָֽם׃ (‘ō·w·lām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5769: 1) long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world 1a) ancient time, long time (of past) 1b) (of future) 1b1) for ever, always 1b2) continuous existence, perpetual 1b3) everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity

covenant:
בְּרִ֥ית (bə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1285: 1) covenant, alliance, pledge 1a) between men 1a1) treaty, alliance, league (man to man) 1a2) constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects) 1a3) agreement, pledge (man to man) 1a4) alliance (of friendship) 1a5) alliance (of marriage) 1b) between God and man 1b1) alliance (of friendship) 1b2) covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges) 2) (phrases) 2a) covenant making 2b) covenant keeping 2c) covenant violation

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

Young's Literal Translation
And He establisheth it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel—a covenant age-during.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and confirmed to Jacob as a decree, and to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

New American Standard Bible
He also confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

King James Bible
And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant,
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

New Living Translation
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant:

English Standard Version
which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,

New American Standard Bible
He also confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

King James Bible
And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and confirmed to Jacob as a decree, and to Israel as an everlasting covenant:"

International Standard Version
He confirmed it to Jacob in the form of an ordinance, an eternal covenant to Israel,

NET Bible
He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,

American Standard Version
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

English Revised Version
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

Young's Literal Translation
And He establisheth it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel -- a covenant age-during.
















Cross References
Genesis 35:11
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

Genesis 35:12
And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

1 Chronicles 1:1
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

1 Chronicles 16:16
Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

1 Chronicles 16:15
Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;

1 Chronicles 16:14
He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:18
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;

1 Chronicles 16:19
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

1 Chronicles 16:20
And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
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