2 Samuel 7:21

2 Samuel 7:21 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For Your word’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them.

Context of 2 Samuel 7:21

19And 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? 20What 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. 22How 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. 23And 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.

2 Samuel 7:21 word by word

בַּעֲב֤וּר דְּבָֽרְךָ֙ וּֽכְלִבְּךָ֔ עָשִׂ֕יתָ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַגְּדוּלָּ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את לְהוֹדִ֖יעַ אֶת־עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• For the sakeעָבוּר‛âbûr ‛âbûr · for the sake ofH5668
• of Your wordדָּבָרdâbâr · word: promisedH1697
• and according to Your own heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• You have accomplishedעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• thisכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• thisזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
• great thingגְּדוּלָּהgedûlâh gedûllâh gedûllâh · greatnessH1420
• and revealed itיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• to Your servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 7:21

• Numbers 23:19God 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?
• Deuteronomy 9:5It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
• Joshua 23:14Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.
• Psalms 115:1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
• Psalms 138:2I 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.
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
• Luke 1:54He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
• Matthew 11:26Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
• Luke 10:21At 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.
• Luke 12:32Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
• 1 Corinthians 1:1Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
• Ephesians 1:9And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
• Ephesians 3:11according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 7:21

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-29Verses 18-29 David's prayer is full of the breathings of devout affection toward God. He had low thoughts of his own merits. All we have, must be looked upon as Divine gifts. He speaks very highly and honourably of the Lord's favours to him. Considering what the character and condition of man is, we may be amazed that God should deal with him as he does. The promise of Christ includes all; if the Lord God be ours, what more can we ask, or think of? Ep…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21David achieved great things because of God's will, not his own ambition. You have accomplished: David spoke about what God promised to do for his descendants over many generations as if it had already happened. This shows David’s firm trust in God’s faithfulness.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 7:21

• David
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings