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2 Samuel 7:21
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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.
King James Version
For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
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
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
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
God said to Noah, "It's all over. It's the end of the human race. The violence is everywhere; I'm making a clean sweep.
God said to Noah, "It's all over. It's the end of the human race. The violence is everywhere; I'm making a clean sweep.
Genesis 6:17
"I'm going to bring a flood on the Earth that will destroy everything alive under Heaven. Total destruction.
"I'm going to bring a flood on the Earth that will destroy everything alive under Heaven. Total destruction.
Genesis 7:6
Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters covered the Earth. Noah and his wife and sons and their wives boarded the ship to escape the flood. Clean and unclean animals, birds, and all the crawling creatures came in pairs to Noah and to the ship, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah. In seven days the floodwaters came.
Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters covered the Earth. Noah and his wife and sons and their wives boarded the ship to escape the flood. Clean and unclean animals, birds, and all the crawling creatures came in pairs to Noah and to the ship, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah. In seven days the floodwaters came.
Genesis 7:17
The flood continued forty days and the waters rose and lifted the ship high over the Earth. The waters kept rising, the flood deepened on the Earth, the ship floated on the surface. The flood got worse until all the highest mountains were covered—the high-water mark reached twenty feet above the crest of the mountains. Everything died. Anything that moved—dead. Birds, farm animals, wild animals, the entire teeming exuberance of life—dead. And all people—dead. Every living, breathing creature that lived on dry land died; he wiped out the whole works—people and animals, crawling creatures and flying birds, every last one of them, gone. Only Noah and his company on the ship lived.
The flood continued forty days and the waters rose and lifted the ship high over the Earth. The waters kept rising, the flood deepened on the Earth, the ship floated on the surface. The flood got worse until all the highest mountains were covered—the high-water mark reached twenty feet above the crest of the mountains. Everything died. Anything that moved—dead. Birds, farm animals, wild animals, the entire teeming exuberance of life—dead. And all people—dead. Every living, breathing creature that lived on dry land died; he wiped out the whole works—people and animals, crawling creatures and flying birds, every last one of them, gone. Only Noah and his company on the ship lived.
Isaiah 24:19
The Landscape Will Be a Moonscape Danger ahead! God 's about to ravish the earth and leave it in ruins, Rip everything out by the roots and send everyone scurrying: priests and laypeople alike, owners and workers alike, celebrities and nobodies alike, buyers and sellers alike, bankers and beggars alike, the haves and have-nots alike. The landscape will be a moonscape, totally wasted. And why? Because God says so. He's issued the orders. The earth turns gaunt and gray, the world silent and sad, sky and land lifeless, colorless. Earth is polluted by its very own people, who have broken its laws, Disrupted its order, violated the sacred and eternal covenant. Therefore a curse, like a cancer, ravages the earth. Its people pay the price of their sacrilege. They dwindle away, dying out one by one. No more wine, no more vineyards, no more songs or singers. The laughter of castanets is gone, the shouts of celebrants, gone, the laughter of fiddles, gone. No more parties with toasts of champagne. Serious drinkers gag on their drinks. The chaotic cities are unlivable. Anarchy reigns. Every house is boarded up, condemned. People riot in the streets for wine, but the good times are gone forever— no more joy for this old world. The city is dead and deserted, bulldozed into piles of rubble. That's the way it will be on this earth. This is the fate of all nations: An olive tree shaken clean of its olives, a grapevine picked clean of its grapes. But there are some who will break into glad song. Out of the west they'll shout of God 's majesty. Yes, from the east God 's glory will ascend. Every island of the sea Will broadcast God 's fame, the fame of the God of Israel. From the four winds and the seven seas we hear the singing: "All praise to the Righteous One!" But I said, "That's all well and good for somebody, but all I can see is doom, doom, and more doom." All of them at one another's throats, yes, all of them at one another's throats. Terror and pits and booby traps are everywhere, whoever you are. If you run from the terror, you'll fall into the pit. If you climb out of the pit, you'll get caught in the trap. Chaos pours out of the skies. The foundations of earth are crumbling. Earth is smashed to pieces, earth is ripped to shreds, earth is wobbling out of control, Earth staggers like a drunk, sways like a shack in a high wind. Its piled-up sins are too much for it. It collapses and won't get up again. That's when God will call on the carpet rebel powers in the skies and Rebel kings on earth. They'll be rounded up like prisoners in a jail, Corralled and locked up in a jail, and then sentenced and put to hard labor. Shamefaced moon will cower, humiliated, red-faced sun will skulk, disgraced, Because God -of-the-Angel-Armies will take over, ruling from Mount Zion and Jerusalem, Splendid and glorious before all his leaders.
The Landscape Will Be a Moonscape Danger ahead! God 's about to ravish the earth and leave it in ruins, Rip everything out by the roots and send everyone scurrying: priests and laypeople alike, owners and workers alike, celebrities and nobodies alike, buyers and sellers alike, bankers and beggars alike, the haves and have-nots alike. The landscape will be a moonscape, totally wasted. And why? Because God says so. He's issued the orders. The earth turns gaunt and gray, the world silent and sad, sky and land lifeless, colorless. Earth is polluted by its very own people, who have broken its laws, Disrupted its order, violated the sacred and eternal covenant. Therefore a curse, like a cancer, ravages the earth. Its people pay the price of their sacrilege. They dwindle away, dying out one by one. No more wine, no more vineyards, no more songs or singers. The laughter of castanets is gone, the shouts of celebrants, gone, the laughter of fiddles, gone. No more parties with toasts of champagne. Serious drinkers gag on their drinks. The chaotic cities are unlivable. Anarchy reigns. Every house is boarded up, condemned. People riot in the streets for wine, but the good times are gone forever— no more joy for this old world. The city is dead and deserted, bulldozed into piles of rubble. That's the way it will be on this earth. This is the fate of all nations: An olive tree shaken clean of its olives, a grapevine picked clean of its grapes. But there are some who will break into glad song. Out of the west they'll shout of God 's majesty. Yes, from the east God 's glory will ascend. Every island of the sea Will broadcast God 's fame, the fame of the God of Israel. From the four winds and the seven seas we hear the singing: "All praise to the Righteous One!" But I said, "That's all well and good for somebody, but all I can see is doom, doom, and more doom." All of them at one another's throats, yes, all of them at one another's throats. Terror and pits and booby traps are everywhere, whoever you are. If you run from the terror, you'll fall into the pit. If you climb out of the pit, you'll get caught in the trap. Chaos pours out of the skies. The foundations of earth are crumbling. Earth is smashed to pieces, earth is ripped to shreds, earth is wobbling out of control, Earth staggers like a drunk, sways like a shack in a high wind. Its piled-up sins are too much for it. It collapses and won't get up again. That's when God will call on the carpet rebel powers in the skies and Rebel kings on earth. They'll be rounded up like prisoners in a jail, Corralled and locked up in a jail, and then sentenced and put to hard labor. Shamefaced moon will cower, humiliated, red-faced sun will skulk, disgraced, Because God -of-the-Angel-Armies will take over, ruling from Mount Zion and Jerusalem, Splendid and glorious before all his leaders.
Zephaniah 1:3
"Men and women and animals, including birds and fish— Anything and everything that causes sin—will go, but especially people.
"Men and women and animals, including birds and fish— Anything and everything that causes sin—will go, but especially people.
Romans 8:22
All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it's not only around us; it's within us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We're also feeling the birth pangs. These sterile and barren bodies of ours are yearning for full deliverance. That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don't see what is enlarging us. But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.
All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it's not only around us; it's within us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We're also feeling the birth pangs. These sterile and barren bodies of ours are yearning for full deliverance. That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don't see what is enlarging us. But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.
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.
