2 Samuel 7:19
But yet this hath seemed little in thy sight, O Lord God, unless thou didst also speak of the house of thy servant for a long time to come: for this is the law of Adam, O Lord God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
20And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord God:
Cross References
Numbers 16:9Is it a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath spared you from all the people, and joined you to himself, that you should serve him in the service of the tabernacle, and should stand before the congregation of the people, and should minister to him?
Joshua 5:14And he answered: No: but I am prince of the host of the Lord, and now I am come.
2 Samuel 12:8And gave thee thy master's house and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and Juda: and if these things be little, I shall add far greater things unto thee.
1 Chronicles 17:17But even this hath seemed little in thy sight, and therefore thou hast also spoken concerning the house of thy servant for the time to come: and best made me remarkable above all men, O Lord God.
Isaiah 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts: nor your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
Ephesians 3:19To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge, that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God.
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 →