2 Samuel 7:21

For my sake and because it is what you wanted to do, you have done all these great things for me.

Translation for Translators

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

20“ Yahweh God, what more can I, David, say to you for honoring me? Although you know very well what I am like, Yahweh my God, you have done things for me as though I was the most important man on the earth!

22“ Yahweh my God, you are great. There is no one like you. Only you are God, just as we have always heard.

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Cross References

Numbers 23:19God is not a human being. Humans lie, but God never lies. He never changes his mind/thoughts, as humans do. Whatever he has said that he will do, he does.

Joshua 23:14“It is almost time for me to die, like everyone does [EUP]. You know in your hearts [DOU] that Yahweh has done for you [LIT] everything that he promised to do.

Psalms 138:2I bow down while I look towards your sacred temple, and I thank you [MTY] because you faithfully love us and faithfully do all that you have promised. You have shown that both you [MTY] and what you have promised to do are greater than anything else.

Matthew 24:35You can be certain that these things that I have told you about will happen. You can be more certain of that than you can be certain that the earth and sky [LIT] will continue to exist.”

Luke 1:72He will do this because he has not forgotten what he promised our ancestors; he made an agreement that he would act mercifully to us, their descendants.

Luke 12:32You who are my disciples are like a small flock of sheep, and I am like your shepherd. So you should not be afraid. Your Father in heaven wants to let you rule with him in heaven.

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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