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2 Samuel 7:20
20I am your servant, Almighty Lord, and you know me completely. There is nothing more that I can say.
2 Samuel 7:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant.
- New International Version (NIV)“What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord God!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now what more can David say to You? For You, Lord God, know Your servant.
Context of 2 Samuel 7:20
18Then King David went into the Lord's tent. He sat down and he prayed to the Lord. He said, ‘Almighty Lord, I am not a special person and my family is not special. You have helped me very much and I do not deserve it. 19You have also made a promise about the descendants in my family, Almighty Lord. You have promised to help them in the future, as well as me. I am only a man but you have shown this to me, Almighty Lord. I am your servant, Almighty Lord, and you know me completely. There is nothing more that I can say. 21Because of your covenant you have chosen to do all these great things. You have told me, your servant, what you promise to do. 22Almighty Lord, you are very great. There is nobody like you. You alone are God. What we have heard about you is true!
Read all of 2 Samuel 72 Samuel 7:20 word by word
וּמַה־יּוֹסִ֥יף דָּוִ֛ד ע֖וֹד לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֑יךָ וְאַתָּ֛ה יָדַ֥עְתָּ אֶֽת־עַבְדְּךָ֖ אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 7:20
- Genesis 18:19I have chosen him so that he will teach my message to his children and their families. He will teach them to do what is right and what is fair. Then I, the Lord, will do for Abraham everything that I have promised to him.’
- 1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not look at how handsome or how tall Eliab is. I have not chosen him. The Lord does not look at people in the way that people do. People look at the face and body of a person. But the Lord sees what they are like inside.’
- Psalms 139:1Lord, you look deep inside me, and you know all about me.
- John 2:25He did not need anyone to tell him what people are like. He knew already what was really in each person.
- John 21:17Jesus asked him a third time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’ Peter was sad because Jesus asked him a third time, ‘Do you love me?’ So he said to Jesus, ‘Lord, you know everything. You know that I really love you!’ Jesus said to him, ‘Take care of my sheep.
- Hebrews 4:13There is nothing in the whole world that can hide from God. He sees everything clearly and he knows everything. We will have to explain to him everything that we have done during our lives.
- Revelation 2:23I will send a terrible illness to kill those who obey her. Then all the people in the churches will know that I look deep inside them. I know what you really want. I know what you really think. I will give each of you what is right for you, as a result of what you have done.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 7:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20What can David say more - How can I express my endless obligation to thee?Read the comment
- 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. 20For You know Your servant: God made his promises to David with full knowledge that David had both strengths and weaknesses.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. what can David say more unto thee?--that is, my obligations are greater than I can express.Read the comment
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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
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