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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Because of your promise and according to your will, you have done all these great things and have made them known to your servant.

Context of 2 Samuel 7:21

19And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord God. You have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord God! 20And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord God! Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it. 22Therefore you are great, O Lord God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name and doing for them great and awesome things by driving out before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods?

2 Samuel 7:21 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thy word’sדָּבָרdâbâr · word: promisedH1697
• sake, and according to thine own heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• hast thou doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• all these great thingsגְּדוּלָּהgedûlâh gedûllâh gedûllâh · greatnessH1420
• to make thy servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 7:21

• Numbers 23:19God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
• Deuteronomy 9:5Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
• Joshua 23:14"And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed.
• Psalms 115:1Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
• Psalms 138:2I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
• Luke 1:54He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,
• Matthew 11:26yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
• Luke 10:21In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
• Luke 12:32"Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
• 1 Corinthians 1:1Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,
• Ephesians 1:9making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ
• Ephesians 3:11This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized 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
• Humility
• Prayer

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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