Netsach נֵ֫צַח

Netsach (Hebrew נֵ֫צַח, Strong's H5331) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “perpetuity”. It occurs 43 times in 42 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Netsach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 15:29
  And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 2:26
  Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 29:11
  Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.

Job

• Job 4:20
  They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
• Job 14:20
  Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
• Job 20:7
  Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
• Job 23:7
  There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
• Job 34:36
  My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.
• Job 36:7
  He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

Psalms

• Psalm 9:6
  O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
• Psalm 9:18
  For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
• Psalm 10:11
  He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
• Psalm 13:1
  How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
• Psalm 16:11
  Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
• Psalm 44:23
  Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
• Psalm 49:9
  That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.that he should live on forever and not see decay.
• Psalm 49:19
  He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
• Psalm 52:5
  God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
• Psalm 68:16
  Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.
• Psalm 74:1
  O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
• Psalm 74:3
  Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
• Psalm 74:10
  O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
• Psalm 74:19
  O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
• Psalm 77:8
  Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time?
• Psalm 79:5
  How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
• Psalm 89:46
  How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
• Psalm 103:9
  He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 21:28
  A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 13:20
  It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
• Isaiah 25:8
  He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
• Isaiah 28:28
  Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.
• Isaiah 33:20
  Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
• Isaiah 34:10
  It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
• Isaiah 57:16
  For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 3:5
  Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”
• Jeremiah 15:18
  Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
• Jeremiah 50:39
  Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:18
  And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
• Lamentations 5:20
  Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

Amos

• Amos 1:11
  Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
• Amos 8:7
  The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 1:4
  Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).