2 Samuel 7:21

God's word Gratitude

¹⁹ And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?

²⁰ What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.

For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.

²² How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.

²³ And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from 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.

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BSB: For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.
KJV: For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
WEB: For your word’s sake, and according to your own heart, you have worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
ASV: For thy word`s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.
DARBY: For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, to make thy servant know [it].
BLB: For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness, to make [it] known to Your servant.

ÅB: For ditt ords skyld og etter ditt hjerte har du gjort alt dette store og forkynt det for din tjener.
OTB: For din løftes skyld, og etter ditt eget hjerte, har du gjort all denne storhet, for å la din tjener forstå.
B1930: For ditt ords skyld og efter ditt hjerte har du gjort alt dette store og forkynt det for din tjener.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 138:2
I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
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Psalms 115:1
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
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Ephesians 3:11
according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Luke 12:32
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
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Ephesians 1:9
And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
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1 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
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Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
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Luke 10:21
At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
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