2 Samuel 7:21

For the sake of thy word, and in accordance with thy own heart, hast thou done all this great thing, so as to let thy servant know it.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

In Context

20And what can David add yet more to speak unto thee? since thou, O Lord Eternal, knowest well thy servant?

22Therefore art thou great, O Eternal God; for there is none like thee, and there is no God beside thee, in accordance with all that we have heard with our ears.

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Cross References

Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie; nor a son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? and hath he spoken, and shall he not fulfill it?

Joshua 23:14And, behold, I am going this day the way of all the earth; and ye know with all your heart and with all your soul, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you: all are come to pass unto you, not one thing thereof hath failed.

Psalms 138:2I will bow myself down before thy holy temple, and I will thank thy name for thy kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified above all thy name thy promise.

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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