2 Samuel 7:20

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
What more can David say to you? You know your servant, Lord God.

Hebrew Names Version
What can David say more to you? for you know your servant, Lord GOD.

King James Version
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God , knowest thy servant.

Lexham English Bible
What more can David say to you? You know your servant, my lord Yahweh.

English Standard Version
And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord God !

New Century Version
"What more can I say to you, Lord God , since you know me, your servant, so well!

New English Translation
What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Lord God!

Amplified Bible
"What more can David say to You? For You know (acknowledge, choose) Your servant, O Lord GOD.

New American Standard Bible
"Again what more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, Lord GOD!

Geneva Bible (1587)
And what can Dauid say more vnto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy seruant.

Legacy Standard Bible
And again what more can David say to You? And You know Your slave, O Lord Yahweh!

Contemporary English Version
I am your servant, and you know my thoughts, so there is nothing more that I need to say.

Complete Jewish Bible
what more can David say to you? For you know your servant intimately, Adonai Elohim .

Darby Translation
And what can David say more to thee? for thou, Lord Jehovah, knowest thy servant.

Easy-to-Read Version
How can I continue talking to you? Lord God , you know that I am only a servant.

George Lamsa Translation
And what more can thy servant David say to thee? For thou knowest thy servant, O LORD God.

Good News Translation
What more can I say to you! You know me, your servant.

Literal Translation
And what more can David say to You? And You know Your servant, O Lord Jehovah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And what shall Dauid speake vnto the? thou knowest thy seruaunt O LORDE God,

American Standard Version
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English
What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And what can Dauid say more vnto thee? for thou Lorde God knowest thy seruaunt.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And what can David say more unto Thee? for Thou knowest Thy servant, O Lord GOD.

King James Version (1611)
And what can Dauid say more vnto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy seruant.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And what shall David yet say to thee? and now thou knowest thy servant, O Lord, my Lord.

English Revised Version
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord GOD.

Berean Standard Bible
What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
what therfor may Dauid adde yit, that he speke to thee? For thou, Lord God, knowist thi seruaunt; thou hast do alle these grete thingis,

Young's Literal Translation
And what doth David add more to speak unto Thee? and Thou, Thou hast known Thy servant, Lord Jehovah.

Update Bible Version
And what more can David say to you? for you know your slave, O Lord Yahweh.

Webster's Bible Translation
And what can David say more to thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.

World English Bible
What can David say more to you? for you know your servant, Lord Yahweh.

New King James Version
Now what more can David say to You? For You, Lord GOD, know Your servant.

New Living Translation
"What more can I say to you? You know what your servant is really like, Sovereign Lord .

New Life Bible
What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord God.

New Revised Standard
And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord God !

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
What more, then, can David yet further speak unto thee, - seeing that, thou thyself knowest thy servant, O My Lord Yahweh?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord God:

Revised Standard Version
And what more can David say to thee? For thou knowest thy servant, O Lord GOD!

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Again what more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD!

Contextual Overview

¹⁸King David went in, took his place before God , and prayed: "Who am I, my Master God , and what is my family, that you have brought me to this place in life? But that's nothing compared to what's coming, for you've also spoken of my family far into the future, given me a glimpse into tomorrow, my Master God ! What can I possibly say in the face of all this? You know me, Master God , just as I am. You've done all this not because of who I am but because of who you are—out of your very heart!—but you've let me in on it. ²²"This is what makes you so great, Master God ! There is none like you, no God but you, nothing to compare with what we've heard with our own ears. And who is like your people, like Israel, a nation unique in the earth, whom God set out to redeem for himself (and became most famous for it), performing great and fearsome acts, throwing out nations and their gods left and right as you saved your people from Egypt? You established for yourself a people—your very own Israel!—your people permanently. And you, God , became their God. ²⁵"So now, great God , this word that you have spoken to me and my family, guarantee it permanently! Do exactly what you've promised! Then your reputation will flourish always as people exclaim, ‘The God -of-the-Angel-Armies is God over Israel!' And the house of your servant David will remain sure and solid in your watchful presence. For you, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, Israel's God, told me plainly, ‘I will build you a house.' That's how I was able to find the courage to pray this prayer to you. ²⁸"And now, Master God , being the God you are, speaking sure words as you do, and having just said this wonderful thing to me, please, just one more thing: Bless my family; keep your eye on them always. You've already as much as said that you would, Master God ! Oh, may your blessing be on my family permanently!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

knowest: Genesis 18:19, 1 Samuel 16:7, Psalms 139:1, John 2:25, John 21:17, Hebrews 4:13, Revelation 2:23

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 17:18 - the honour Psalms 108:7 - I will rejoice John 21:15 - thou knowest

Cross-References

Jeremiah 3:22
"We're here! We've come back to you. You're our own true God ! All that popular religion was a cheap lie, duped crowds buying up the latest in gods. We're back! Back to our true God , the salvation of Israel. The Fraud picked us clean, swindled us of what our ancestors bequeathed us, Gypped us out of our inheritance— God-blessed flocks and God-given children. We made our bed and now lie in it, all tangled up in the dirty sheets of dishonor. All because we sinned against our God , we and our fathers and mothers. From the time we took our first steps, said our first words, we've been rebels, disobeying the voice of our God ."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And what can David say more unto thee,.... In a way of self-abasement, or in thankfulness for such wonderful favours, or in prayer for more and other mercies; he wants words, as if he should say, to express his sense of his own nothingness and unworthiness, and to praise the Lord for all his benefits; and so large are the grants and promises made, that there is no room for him to ask for more:

for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant; what a sense he has of his own meanness and vileness, what gratitude his heart is filled with, and what his wants and necessities are, which God only can supply, and does abundantly, even more than he is able to ask or think. The Targum is,

"and thou hast performed the petition of thy servant, O Lord God.''

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 7:20. What can David say more — How can I express my endless obligation to thee?