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Read›2 Samuel›Chapter 7

David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving

2 Samuel 7:28

In 11 translations

BSB
And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
KJV
And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
WEB
“Now, O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.
ASV
And now, O Lord Jehovah, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:
LSV
And now, Lord YHWH, You [are] God Himself, and Your words are truth, and You speak this goodness to Your servant,
YLT
And now, Lord Jehovah, Thou [art] God Himself, and Thy words are truth, and Thou speakest unto Thy servant this goodness,
DBY
And now, Lord Jehovah, thou art that God, and thy words are true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant;Elohim
DRC
And now, O Lord God, thou art God, and thy words shall be true: for thou hast spoken to thy servant these good things.
GNV
Therefore now, O Lord God, (for thou art God, and thy words be true, and thou hast tolde this goodnes vnto thy seruant)
JPS
And now, O Lord GOD, Thou alone art God, and Thy words are truth, and Thou hast promised this good thing unto Thy servant;
LXXE
And now, O Lord my Lord, thou art God; and thy words will be true, and thou hast spoken these good things concerning thy servant.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה אַתָּה־הוּא֙ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים וּדְבָרֶ֖יךָ יִהְי֣וּ אֱמֶ֑ת וַתְּדַבֵּר֙ אֶֽל־עַבְדְּךָ֔ אֶת־הַטּוֹבָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ νῦν, Κύριέ μου Κύριε, σὺ εἶ Θεὸς, καὶ οἱ λόγοι σου ἔσονται ἀληθιναὶ, καὶ ἐλάλησας ὑπὲρ τοῦ δούλου σου τὰ ἀγαθὰ ταῦτα.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 17:17Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
  • Exodus 34:6Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
  • Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
  • Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

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