What Does Psalm 105:8 Mean in the King James?
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
God’s remembrance keeps the covenant present across the ages, carrying its word beyond the generation that first receives it.
THE MEANING
The covenant remains in God’s active regard, and its commanded word reaches generations beyond your own lifetime. The verse speaks of a promise whose reach does not end with the person who first hears it.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that God’s promise expires with the generation that first receives it.
THE ROOT
זָכַר
zakar
GROWS FROM
זכר
z-k-r
Remember, recall, keep in mind.
“remembered” in this verse is zakar. This root also gives Hebrew words for “memorial” and “mention,” so remembering carries more than private recollection: it can be kept present and named. Here, that active remembrance holds the covenant and its commanded word across the ages.
ALSO GROWS
zikkaron: Memorial, remembrance.
זִכָּרוֹן
A memorial keeps what is remembered in view, echoing the verse’s enduring covenant.
hizkir: Mention, bring to mind.
הִזְכִּיר
This form connects remembering with bringing something into presence, fitting the word that continues through generations.
THE PATTERN
God’s covenant remembrance carries a promise beyond the lifetime of any one generation.
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;THE THREAD
He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.Psalm 111:5 uses the same Hebrew root זכר (z-k-r; zakar, “remember”) for “mindful” that Psalm 105:8 uses for “remembered.” In both verses, remembrance holds the covenant in lasting regard and carries its promise forward.
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