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 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 sight, O Lord God; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come. Is this the manner of man, O Lord God? 20Now what more can David say to You? For You, Lord God, know Your servant. For Your word’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them. 22Therefore You are great, O Lord God. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23And who is like Your people, like Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make for Himself a name—and to do for Yourself great and awesome deeds for Your land—before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, the 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

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 23:19“God 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? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
• Deuteronomy 9:5It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God drives them out from before you, and that He may fulfill the word which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
• Joshua 23:14“Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth. And you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed.
• Psalms 115:1Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, But to Your name give glory, Because of Your mercy, Because of Your truth.
• Psalms 138:2I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
• Luke 1:54He has helped His servant Israel, In remembrance of His mercy,
• Matthew 11:26Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.
• Luke 10:21In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.
• Luke 12:32“Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
• 1 Corinthians 1:1Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
• Ephesians 1:9having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
• Ephesians 3:11according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished 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