2 Samuel 7:22

For this cause, hast thou magnified thyself, O Yahweh Elohim,—for there is none like unto, thee, yea there is no God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

In Context

21For the sake of thine own word, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this great thing,—making it known unto thy servant.

23Who, then, is like thy people, like Israel, a nation alone in the earth? whom God went to redeem for himself as a people, so to make himself a name, and to do for you the great deed, fearful things also for thy land, to make way for thy people, whom thou hadst redeemed for thyself, out of Egypt, [dealing with] nations and their god’s;

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Cross References

Exodus 8:6So Aaron stretched forth his hand, over the waters of Egypt,—and the frog came up, and covered the land of Egypt.

Exodus 15:11Who is, like unto thee, among the mighty O Yahweh? Who is, like unto thee, Majestic in holiness,—To be revered in praises, Doing a marvellous thing?

Deuteronomy 4:35Thou, wast allowed to see that thou mightest know, that Yahweh, he is God, there is none other than he alone.

Deuteronomy 32:39See, now, that, I, I, am, he that is, And there are no gods with me,—I, kill—and make alive, I wound and, I, heal, And there is none who, from my hand, can deliver,

2 Samuel 22:32For who is a GOD, save Yahweh? and who a Rock, save our God?

1 Chronicles 16:25For great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, and to be revered is he above all gods;

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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