1 Chronicles 17:19

¹⁷ And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.

¹⁸ What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.

²⁰ O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

²¹ And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed all Your greatness.
KJV: O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
WEB: LORD, for your servant’s sake, and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
ASV: O Jehovah, for thy servant`s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all [these] great things.
DARBY: Jehovah, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
BLB: O YHWH, For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart You have done all this greatness, in making known all these great [things].

ÅB: Herre! For din tjeners skyld og etter ditt hjerte har du gjort alt dette store og forkynt alle disse store ting.
OTB: Herre, for din tjeners skyld, og etter ditt eget hjerte,
har du gjort all denne storheten, for å gjøre kjent alle disse store tingene.
B1930: Herre! For din tjeners skyld og efter ditt hjerte har du gjort alt dette store og forkynt alle disse store ting.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 37:35
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
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Isaiah 49:5–6
And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
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Ephesians 1:9–11
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
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2 Samuel 7:21
For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
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Psalms 111:6
He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
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Isaiah 49:3
And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
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Daniel 9:17
Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
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Isaiah 42:1
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
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