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 yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord God, for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant concerning the distant future. And this is the custom of man, O Lord God. 20Again 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 done all this greatness to let Your servant know. 22For this reason 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 what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods?

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 doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• greatnessגְּדוּלָּהgedûlâh gedûllâh gedûllâh · greatnessH1420
• to let Your servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 7:21

• Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
• Deuteronomy 9:5It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God is driving them out before you, in order to confirm the oath which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
• Joshua 23:14“Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which the Lord your God spoke concerning you has failed; all have been fulfilled for you, not one of them has failed.
• Psalms 115:1Not to us, O Lord, not to us, But to Your name give glory Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth.
• Psalms 138:2I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name.
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
• Luke 1:54He has given help to Israel His servant, In remembrance of His mercy,
• Matthew 11:26Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.
• Luke 10:21At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.
• Luke 12:32Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.
• 1 Corinthians 1:1Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
• Ephesians 1:9He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him
• Ephesians 3:11This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out 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