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Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

2 Chronicles 6:17

In 11 translations

BSB
And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.
KJV
Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
WEB
Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David.
ASV
Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David.
LSV
And now, O YHWH, God of Israel, let Your word be steadfast that You have spoken to Your servant, to David.
YLT
'And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, is Thy word stedfast that Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, to David,
DBY
And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, let thy word be verified which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.Elohim
DRC
And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy word be established which thou hast spoken to thy servant David.
GNV
And now, O Lord God of Israel, let thy worde be verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid.
JPS
Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, let Thy word be verified, which Thou spokest unto Thy servant David.
LXXE
And now, Lord God of Israel, let, I pray thee, thy word be confirmed, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְעַתָּ֕ה יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יֵֽאָמֵן֙ דְּבָ֣רְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ לְעַבְדְּךָ֥ לְדָוִֽיד׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ νῦν, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ, πιστωθήτω δὴ τὸ ῥῆμά σου ὃ ἐλάλησας τῷ παιδί σου τῷ Δαυίδ.

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  • Jeremiah 11:5This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.
  • 2 Chronicles 6:14and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
  • 2 Chronicles 6:4and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
  • 2 Samuel 7:25–29And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised, so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over…
  • Exodus 24:10and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
  • Isaiah 41:17The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
  • Isaiah 45:3I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.

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