2 Samuel 7:20

What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, 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

19This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord GOD, but you have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come; and this among men, Lord GOD!

21For your word’s sake, and according to your own heart, you have worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.

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Cross References

Joshua 5:14He said, “No; but I have come now as commander of the LORD’s army.” Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and asked him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”

1 Chronicles 17:18What can David say yet more to you concerning the honor which is done to your servant? For you know your servant.

John 2:25and because he didn’t need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.

Hebrews 4:13There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

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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