2 Samuel 7:20

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

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

21Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.

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Cross References

Joshua 5:14And he said, No; but I have come as captain of the armies of the Lord. Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship, said, What has my lord to say to his servant?

1 Chronicles 17:18What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.

John 2:25He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.

Hebrews 4:13And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:19-29

David's Prayer for God's Blessing. ( b. c. 1042.) 18 Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord , and he said, Who am I, O Lord God ? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God ; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God ? 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God , knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own… Read the whole commentary →

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