2 Samuel 7:20

Therefore, what more will David be able to say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord God.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

19Moreover, this has seemed little in your sight, O Lord God, unless you also will speak about the house of your servant for a long time. For this is the law of Adam, O Lord God.

21Because of your word, and according to your own heart, you have done all these great deeds, so that you would make it known to your servant.

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Cross References

Joshua 5:14And he responded: “Not at all. Instead, I am a prince of the host of the Lord, and now I have arrived.”

1 Chronicles 17:18What more can David add, since you have so glorified your servant, and have known him?

John 2:25and because he had no need of anyone to offer testimony about a man. For he knew what was within a man.

Hebrews 4:13And there is no created thing that is invisible to his sight. For all things are naked and open to the eyes of him, about whom we are speaking.

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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