1 Chronicles 17:18

1 Chronicles 17:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And what more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant.
• New King James Version (NKJV)What more can David say to You for the honor of Your servant? For You know Your servant.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“What more can I say to you about the way you have honored me? You know what your servant is really like.

Context of 1 Chronicles 17:18

16Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said: “Who am I, Lord God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 17And as if this were not enough in your sight, my God, you have spoken about the future of the house of your servant. You, Lord God, have looked on me as though I were the most exalted of men. “What more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant, 19Lord. For the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made known all these great promises. 20“There is no one like you, Lord, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.

1 Chronicles 17:18 word by word

מַה־יּוֹסִ֨יף ע֥וֹד דָּוִ֛יד אֵלֶ֖יךָ לְכָב֣וֹד אֶת־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ וְאַתָּ֖ה אֶֽת־עַבְדְּךָ֥ יָדָֽעְתָּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• What canיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• to thee for the honourכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• of thy servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• for thou knowestיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 17:18

• 1 Samuel 2:30“Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.
• 2 Samuel 7:20“What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign Lord.
• 1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
• Psalms 139:1You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.
• John 21:17The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.
• Revelation 2:23I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 17:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18For the honor of thy servant - i. e., “for the honor which Thou hast done for Thy servant.” The Septuagint omits “Thy servant,” and renders it: “What can David say more to Thee to glorify Thee? For Thou knowest,” etc.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-27The larger section (1 Chronicles 13:1–17:27) ends with Nathan's prophecy about David and David's prayer of thanks.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 17:18

• David
• Humility
• Parents

In the dictionaries

• David
• Chronicles, Books of
• Settle
• Subdue
• Accommodation
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Genealogy
• Intercession
• Port; Porter

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 17

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings