2 Samuel 7:16

Amplified Bible

"Your house (royal dynasty) and your kingdom will endure forever before Me; your throne will be established forever."'"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Your house and kingdom will endure before me forever, and your throne will be established forever.’”

Hebrew Names Version
Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before you: your throne shall be established forever.

King James Version
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

Lexham English Bible
Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before you; your throne shall be established forever."'"

English Standard Version
And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.'"

New Century Version
But your family and your kingdom will continue always before me. Your throne will last forever.'"

New English Translation
Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.'"

New American Standard Bible
"Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."'"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And thine house shall be stablished and thy kingdome for euer before thee, euen thy throne shalbe stablished for euer.

Legacy Standard Bible
And your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."'"

Contemporary English Version
I will make sure that one of your descendants will always be king.

Complete Jewish Bible
Thus your house and your kingdom will be made secure forever before you; your throne will be set up forever.'"

Darby Translation
And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made firm for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

Easy-to-Read Version
Your family of kings will continue—you can depend on that! For you, your kingdom will continue forever! Your throne will stand forever!'"

George Lamsa Translation
And your house and your kingdom shall be established for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever.

Good News Translation
You will always have descendants, and I will make your kingdom last forever. Your dynasty will never end.'"

Literal Translation
And your house shall be established, and your kingdom before you forever. Your throne shall be established forever.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for yi house & thy kyngdome, it shal be stablished for euer before the, & thy seate shal endure fast for euermore.

American Standard Version
And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

Bible in Basic English
And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thyne house, and thy kingdome shall be stablished for euer before thee, [euen] thy throne shalbe stablished for euer.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee; thy throne shall be established for ever.'

King James Version (1611)
And thine house, and thy kingdome shall be stablished for euer before thee: thy throne shall be stablished for euer.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And his house shall be made sure, and his kingdom for ever before me, and his throne shall be set up for ever.

English Revised Version
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

Berean Standard Bible
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thin hows schal be feithful, and thi rewme schal be til in to with outen ende bifor my face, and thi trone schal be stidfast contynueli.

Young's Literal Translation
and stedfast [is] thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.'

Update Bible Version
And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thy house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

World English Bible
Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before you: your throne shall be established forever.

New King James Version
And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. [fn] Your throne shall be established forever." ' "

New Living Translation
Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure forever.'"

New Life Bible
Your house and your nation will be made sure before Me forever. Your throne will be built to last forever."'"

New Revised Standard
Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me; your throne shall be established forever.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So shall thy house and thy kingdom be made steadfast unto times age-abiding, before thee, - thy throne, shall be established unto times age-abiding.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thy house shall be faithful, and thy kingdom for ever before thy face, and thy throne shall be firm for ever.

Revised Standard Version
And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever.'"

THE MESSAGE
God's Covenant with David Before long, the king made himself at home and God gave him peace from all his enemies. Then one day King David said to Nathan the prophet, "Look at this: Here I am, comfortable in a luxurious house of cedar, and the Chest of God sits in a plain tent." Nathan told the king, "Whatever is on your heart, go and do it. God is with you." But that night, the word of God came to Nathan saying, "Go and tell my servant David: This is God 's word on the matter: You're going to build a ‘house' for me to live in? Why, I haven't lived in a ‘house' from the time I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt till now. All that time I've moved about with nothing but a tent. And in all my travels with Israel, did I ever say to any of the leaders I commanded to shepherd Israel, ‘Why haven't you built me a house of cedar?' "So here is what you are to tell my servant David: The God -of-the-Angel-Armies has this word for you: I took you from the pasture, tagging along after sheep, and made you prince over my people Israel. I was with you everywhere you went and mowed your enemies down before you. Now I'm making you famous, to be ranked with the great names on earth. And I'm going to set aside a place for my people Israel and plant them there so they'll have their own home and not be knocked around any more. Nor will evil men afflict you as they always have, even during the days I set judges over my people Israel. Finally, I'm going to give you peace from all your enemies. "Furthermore, God has this message for you: God himself will build you a house! When your life is complete and you're buried with your ancestors, then I'll raise up your child, your own flesh and blood, to succeed you, and I'll firmly establish his rule. He will build a house to honor me, and I will guarantee his kingdom's rule permanently. I'll be a father to him, and he'll be a son to me. When he does wrong, I'll discipline him in the usual ways, the pitfalls and obstacles of this mortal life. But I'll never remove my gracious love from him, as I removed it from Saul, who preceded you and whom I most certainly did remove. Your family and your kingdom are permanently secured. I'm keeping my eye on them! And your royal throne will always be there, rock solid."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."'"

Contextual Overview

⁴But it happened that night that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying, ⁵"Go and tell My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD, "Should you be the one to build Me a house in which to dwell? ⁶"For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought the sons (descendants) of Israel up from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about in a tent, even in a tabernacle. ⁷"Wherever I have gone with all the Israelites, did I speak a word to any from the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, asking, 'Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?'"' ⁸"So now, say this to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel. ⁹"I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like that of the great men of the earth. ¹⁰"I will appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, so that they may live in a place of their own and not be disturbed again. The wicked will not afflict them again, as formerly, ¹¹even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also declares to you that He will make a house (royal dynasty) for you. ¹²"When your days are fulfilled and you lie down [in death] with your fathers (ancestors), I will raise up your descendant after you, who shall be born to you, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹³"He [is the one who] shall build a house for My Name and My Presence, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Samuel 7:13, Genesis 49:10, 2 Kings 19:34, 1 Chronicles 17:13, 1 Chronicles 17:14, Psalms 45:6, Psalms 72:5, Psalms 72:17-19, Psalms 89:36, Psalms 89:37, Isaiah 9:7, Daniel 2:44, Daniel 7:14, Matthew 16:18, Luke 1:32, Luke 1:33, John 12:34, Hebrews 1:8, Revelation 11:15

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 13:14 - the Lord 1 Samuel 25:28 - the Lord 2 Samuel 5:12 - David 2 Samuel 7:15 - But my 1 Kings 2:4 - fail 1 Kings 8:24 - thou spakest 1 Kings 9:5 - I will establish 1 Kings 11:13 - Howbeit 1 Kings 11:36 - David 1 Kings 11:38 - build the 1 Kings 12:16 - now see 1 Chronicles 14:2 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 6:5 - neither chose 2 Chronicles 10:16 - David 2 Chronicles 23:3 - as the Lord Psalms 89:28 - mercy Proverbs 12:7 - the house Proverbs 27:24 - doth Isaiah 7:2 - the house Isaiah 16:5 - in the Jeremiah 17:25 - sitting Matthew 1:1 - the son of David

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.

Genesis 7:2
"Of every clean animal you shall take with you seven pair, the male and his female, and of animals that are not clean, two each the male and his female;

Genesis 7:3
also of the birds of the air, seven pair, the male and the female, to keep the offspring alive on the surface of the earth.

Genesis 7:4
"For in seven days I am going to cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy (blot out, wipe away) every living thing that I have made from the surface of the earth."

Genesis 7:5
So Noah did all that the LORD commanded him.

Genesis 7:10
And after the seven days [God released the rain and] the floodwaters came on the earth.

Deuteronomy 33:27
"The eternal God is your refuge and dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; He drove out the enemy from before you, And said, 'Destroy!'

Psalms 46:2
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change And though the mountains be shaken and slip into the heart of the seas,

Proverbs 3:23
Then you will walk on your way [of life] securely And your foot will not stumble.

Matthew 25:10
"But while they were going away to buy oil, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut and locked.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee,.... That is, both his family and his government should be perpetuated, or he should always have one of his family to sit upon his throne; the accomplishment of which, in the beginning of it, he saw with his eyes in his son Solomon, and with an eye of faith in his greater Son the Messiah, in whom only these words will have their complete fulfilment; and so Abarbinel says this vision or prophecy is explained by some of the days of the Messiah; and this house and kingdom, in 1 Chronicles 17:14; are called by the Lord "my" house, and "my" kingdom:

thy throne shall be established for ever; which is a repetition of the same in other words for the confirmation of it.