Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionAs the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.Glike the dew of Hermon that descends upon the mountains of Tziyon. For there YHWH commanded the blessing — life forevermore.
F.O.G.M
F.O.G Messagelike the dew of Mount Hermon falling upon the mountains of Zion. For there Yahweh commands the blessing — life that never ends.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleIt is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
Footnotes
*Tal Hermon* ("the dew of Hermon") was renowned across the ancient Near East: the elevation of Mount Hermon generates heavy condensation that feeds the Jordan headwaters and nourishes the land far to the south. As a second simile alongside the oil, it reinforces the pattern of blessing originating at one elevated source and flowing outward to give life elsewhere — unity is generative, not merely harmonious. The verb *tzivah* ("commanded") is a Hebrew perfect/qatal; FOG renders it as past tense ("commanded"), treating the blessing as a singular divine decree at Tziyon. FOG Message uses present tense ("commands") to read the qatal as a gnomic or timeless perfect — an ongoing sovereign reality, not a one-time event. *Chayyim ad-ha'olam* ("life unto the age / forevermore") is the covenantal climax: the blessing that flows from unity is not merely temporal prosperity but eschatological, age-spanning life. FOG preserves "forevermore"; FOG Message unpacks it as "life that never ends" to make the eternal register immediate and personal.
