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the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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King James Version
2 Samuel 7:21
For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Because of your word and according to your will, you have revealed all these great things to your servant.
Because of your word and according to your will, you have revealed all these great things to your servant.
Hebrew Names Version
For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
Lexham English Bible
Because of your word and according to your heart, you have done all of this great thing, in order to let your servant know.
Because of your word and according to your heart, you have done all of this great thing, in order to let your servant know.
English Standard Version
Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
New Century Version
You have done this great thing because you said you would and because you wanted to, and you have let me know about it.
You have done this great thing because you said you would and because you wanted to, and you have let me know about it.
New English Translation
For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant.
For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant.
Amplified Bible
"Because of Your word (promise), and in accordance with Your own heart, You have done all these great and astounding things to let Your servant know (understand).
"Because of Your word (promise), and in accordance with Your own heart, You have done all these great and astounding things to let Your servant know (understand).
New American Standard Bible
"For the sake of Your word, and according to Your heart, You have done all this greatness, to let Your servant know.
"For the sake of Your word, and according to Your heart, You have done all this greatness, to let Your servant know.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For thy words sake, and according to thine owne heart hast thou done all these great things, to make them knowen vnto thy seruant.
For thy words sake, and according to thine owne heart hast thou done all these great things, to make them knowen vnto thy seruant.
Legacy Standard Bible
For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your slave know.
For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your slave know.
Contemporary English Version
You have done this wonderful thing, and you have let me know about it, because you wanted to keep your promise.
You have done this wonderful thing, and you have let me know about it, because you wanted to keep your promise.
Complete Jewish Bible
It is for the sake of your word and in accordance with your own heart that you have done all this greatness and revealed it to your servant.
It is for the sake of your word and in accordance with your own heart that you have done all this greatness and revealed it to your servant.
Darby Translation
For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, to make thy servant know [it].
For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, to make thy servant know [it].
Easy-to-Read Version
You will do all these wonderful things because you said you would do them and because you want to do them. And you decided to let me know about all these things.
You will do all these wonderful things because you said you would do them and because you want to do them. And you decided to let me know about all these things.
George Lamsa Translation
For thy words sake and according to thine own heart hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
For thy words sake and according to thine own heart hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
Good News Translation
It was your will and purpose to do this; you have done all these great things in order to instruct me.
It was your will and purpose to do this; you have done all these great things in order to instruct me.
Literal Translation
Because of Your Word, and according to Your heart, You have done all this greatness to make Your servant know.
Because of Your Word, and according to Your heart, You have done all this greatness to make Your servant know.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for thy wordes sake and acordinge to yi hert hast thou done all these greate thinges, yt thou mightest shewe the vnto thy seruaunt.
for thy wordes sake and acordinge to yi hert hast thou done all these greate thinges, yt thou mightest shewe the vnto thy seruaunt.
American Standard Version
For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.
For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.
Bible in Basic English
Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.
Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen for thy wordes sake, & according to thyne owne heart, hast thou done al these great thinges, to make them knowen vnto thy seruaunt.
Euen for thy wordes sake, & according to thyne owne heart, hast thou done al these great thinges, to make them knowen vnto thy seruaunt.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For Thy word's sake, and according to Thine own heart, hast Thou wrought all this greatness, to make Thy servant know it.
For Thy word's sake, and according to Thine own heart, hast Thou wrought all this greatness, to make Thy servant know it.
King James Version (1611)
For thy words sake, and according to thine own heart hast thou done all these great things, to make thy seruant know them.
For thy words sake, and according to thine own heart hast thou done all these great things, to make thy seruant know them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou hast wrought for thy servant’s sake, and according to thy heart thou hast wrought all this greatness, to make it known to thy servant,
And thou hast wrought for thy servant’s sake, and according to thy heart thou hast wrought all this greatness, to make it known to thy servant,
English Revised Version
For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.
For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.
Berean Standard Bible
For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.
For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for thi word, and bi thin herte, so that thou madist knowun to thi seruaunt.
for thi word, and bi thin herte, so that thou madist knowun to thi seruaunt.
Young's Literal Translation
Because of Thy word, and according to Thy heart, Thou hast done all this greatness, to cause Thy servant to know [it].
Because of Thy word, and according to Thy heart, Thou hast done all this greatness, to cause Thy servant to know [it].
Update Bible Version
For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, you have wrought all this greatness, to make your slave know it.
For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, you have wrought all this greatness, to make your slave know it.
Webster's Bible Translation
For thy word's sake, and according to thy own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know [them].
For thy word's sake, and according to thy own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know [them].
World English Bible
For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
New King James Version
For Your word's sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them.
For Your word's sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them.
New Living Translation
Because of your promise and according to your will, you have done all these great things and have made them known to your servant.
Because of your promise and according to your will, you have done all these great things and have made them known to your servant.
New Life Bible
Because of Your Word and Your own heart, You have done all these great things to let Your servant know.
Because of Your Word and Your own heart, You have done all these great things to let Your servant know.
New Revised Standard
Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have wrought all this greatness, so that your servant may know it.
Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have wrought all this greatness, so that your servant may know it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For the sake of thine own word, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this great thing, - making it known unto thy servant.
For the sake of thine own word, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this great thing, - making it known unto thy servant.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For thy word’s sake, and according to thy own heart thou has done all these great things, so that thou wouldst make it known to thy servant.
For thy word’s sake, and according to thy own heart thou has done all these great things, so that thou wouldst make it known to thy servant.
Revised Standard Version
Because of thy promise, and according to thy own heart, thou hast wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.
Because of thy promise, and according to thy own heart, thou hast wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your servant know.
"For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your servant know.
Contextual Overview
18 Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord , and he said, Who am I, O Lord God ? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God ; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God ? 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God , knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. 22 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? 24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, Lord , art become their God. 25 And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. 27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thy word's: Numbers 23:19, Deuteronomy 9:5, Joshua 23:14, Joshua 23:15, Psalms 115:1, Psalms 138:2, Matthew 24:35, Luke 1:54, Luke 1:55, Luke 1:72
according: Matthew 11:26, Luke 10:21, Luke 12:32, 1 Corinthians 1:1, Ephesians 1:9, Ephesians 3:11
Cross-References
Genesis 6:13
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Genesis 6:17
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
Genesis 7:3
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 7:4
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Genesis 7:6
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Genesis 7:7
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Genesis 7:15
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
Genesis 7:17
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Genesis 7:20
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Genesis 7:22
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For thy word's sake,.... For the sake of the promise he had made to him by Samuel, that he should be king, and his kingdom should be established; or for the sake of the Messiah, that should spring from him; the Memra, as the Targum, the essential Word of God; and so the Septuagint version, "because of thy servant", with which agrees the parallel text in 1 Chronicles 17:19;
and according to thine own heart; of his own sovereign good will and pleasure, of his own grace, as the Arabic version, and not according to the merits and deserts of David:
hast thou done all these great things; in making him king of Israel, and settling the kingdom in his posterity to the times of the Messiah, who should spring from him:
to make thy servant know [them]; as he now did by Nathan the prophet, what he and his should enjoy for time to come; so that it is not only a blessing to have favours designed, purposed, and promised, but to have the knowledge of them, to know the things that are freely given of God.
