2 Samuel 7:21

And thou hast wrought for thy servant’s sake, and according to thy heart thou hast wrought all this greatness, to make it known to thy servant,

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 shall David yet say to thee? and now thou knowest thy servant, O Lord, my Lord.

22that he may magnify thee, O my Lord; for there is no one like thee, and there is no God but thou among all of whom we have heard with our ears.

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Cross References

Numbers 23:19God is not as man to waver, 1 Nor as the son of man to be threatened; 1 Shall he say and not perform? 1 Shall he speak and not keep to his word? 1

Joshua 23:14But I hasten to go the way of death, as all that are upon the earth also do: and know ye in your heart and in your soul, that not one word has fallen to the ground of all the words which the Lord our God has spoken respecting all that concerns us; there has not one of them failed.

Psalms 138:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising: 1 Thou understandest my thoughts long before. 1

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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