2 Samuel 7:14

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¹² And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

¹³ He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

¹⁵ But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.

¹⁶ Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
KJV: I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
WEB: I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men;
ASV: I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
DARBY: I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men;
BLB: I will be his Father, and he will be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will churry him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of man,

ÅB: Jeg vil være hans far, og han skal være min sønn. Når han gjør det som ondt er, vil jeg tukte ham med menneskers ris og med menneskebarns plager;
OTB: Jeg vil være en far for ham, og han skal være en sønn for meg; når han gjør urett, vil jeg tukte ham med menneskers ris og med plager fra menneskenes sønner,
B1930: Jeg vil være hans far, og han skal være min sønn. Når han gjør det som ondt er, vil jeg tukte ham med menneskers ris og med menneskebarns plager;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hebrews 1:5
For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?
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Revelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
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1 Chronicles 28:6
And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
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1 Chronicles 17:13
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
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Deuteronomy 8:5
So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
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1 Corinthians 11:32
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
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Jeremiah 30:11
For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
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Psalms 94:12–13
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
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