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.
Who and where
👤 God◆ Reign of David
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DavidNathan (2)Prayer, PrivateAccommodationIsrael, Religion ofMatthew, the Gospel ofArk of the CovenantCovenant, in the Old TestamentParentsNames, Proper
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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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