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2 Chronicles 6:17

David

15 You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.

16 Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’

And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.

18 But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

19 Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.

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BSB
And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.
KJV
Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
WEB
Now therefore, LORD, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David.
ASV
Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David.
DARBY
And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, let thy word be verified which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
BLB
And, O YHWH, God of Israel, confirm Your word that You have spoken to Your servant David.
ÅB
Så la nå, Herre, Israels Gud, det ord bli sannhet som du har talt til din tjener David!
OTB
Nå da, Herre, Israels Gud, la Ditt ord som Du har talt til Din tjener David bli bekreftet.
B1930
Så la nu, Herre, Israels Gud, det ord bli sannhet som du har talt til din tjener David!

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 11:5

    This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.

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  • 2 Samuel 7:25–29

    And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,

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  • Exodus 24:10

    and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.

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  • 2 Chronicles 6:14

    and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

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  • Isaiah 41:17

    The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

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  • 2 Chronicles 6:4

    and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,

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  • Isaiah 45:3

    I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.

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