1 Chronicles 17:8

1 Chronicles 17:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a name like the name of the great men who are on the earth.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before your eyes. Now I will make your name as famous as anyone who has ever lived on the earth!

Context of 1 Chronicles 17:8

6Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their leaders whom I commanded to shepherd my people, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?” ’ 7“Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel. I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like the names of the greatest men on earth. 9And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning 10and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies. “ ‘I declare to you that the Lord will build a house for you:

1 Chronicles 17:8 word by word

וָֽאֶהְיֶ֣ה עִמְּךָ֗ בְּכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָלַ֔כְתָּ וָאַכְרִ֥ית אֶת־כָּל־אוֹיְבֶ֖יךָ מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ וְעָשִׂ֤יתִֽי לְךָ֙ שֵׁ֔ם כְּשֵׁ֥ם הַגְּדוֹלִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• and have cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• all thine enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• from beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• thee, and have madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• thee a nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of the great menגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• in the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 17:8

• 1 Chronicles 17:2Nathan replied to David, “Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God is with you.”
• Genesis 28:15I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
• 1 Samuel 18:14In everything he did he had great success, because the Lord was with him.
• 2 Samuel 7:9I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth.
• 2 Samuel 8:6He put garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to him and brought tribute. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.
• Psalms 46:7The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
• 1 Samuel 26:10As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “the Lord himself will strike him, or his time will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
• 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa.
• 2 Samuel 22:1David sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
• Psalms 18:1I love you, Lord, my strength.
• 1 Chronicles 7:17The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh.
• 2 Samuel 8:13And David became famous after he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
• Ezra 4:20Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over the whole of Trans-Euphrates, and taxes, tribute and duty were paid to them.
• Psalms 71:21You will increase my honor and comfort me once more.
• Psalms 75:7It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.
• Psalms 113:7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 17:8

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15David wanted to build a home for the ark as grand as his palace, but the Lord chose David’s heir, Solomon (1 Chronicles 22), to build the temple. Jerusalem was to be the only place of worship for all Israel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-101Ch 17:1-10. David Forbidden to Build God a House. 1. as David sat in his house--The details of this chapter were given in nearly similar terms (2Sa 7:1-29). The date was towards the latter end of David's reign, for it is expressly said in the former book to have been at the cessation of all his wars. But as to narrate the preparations for the removal of the ark and the erection of the temple was the principal object of the historian, the exact chronology…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 17:8

• Blessing
• Nathan

In the dictionaries

• Settle
• Subdue
• Accommodation
• Chronicles, Books of
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Genealogy
• Nathan (1)
• 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