New Living Translation
2 Samuel 7:22
22“How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!
2 Samuel 7:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- New International Version (NIV)“How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore 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.
Context of 2 Samuel 7:22
20“What more can I say to you? You know what your servant is really like, Sovereign Lord. 21Because of your promise and according to your will, you have done all these great things and have made them known to your servant. “How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you! 23What other nation on earth is like your people Israel? What other nation, O God, have you redeemed from slavery to be your own people? You made a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You performed awesome miracles and drove out the nations and gods that stood in their way. 24You made Israel your very own people forever, and you, O Lord, became their God.
Read all of 2 Samuel 72 Samuel 7:22 word by word
עַל־כֵּ֥ן גָּדַ֖לְתָּ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה כִּֽי־אֵ֣ין כָּמ֗וֹךָ וְאֵ֤ין אֱלֹהִים֙ זֽוּלָתֶ֔ךָ בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ בְּאָזְנֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 7:22
- Deuteronomy 3:24‘O Sovereign Lord, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you do?
- 1 Chronicles 16:25Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods.
- 2 Chronicles 2:5“This must be a magnificent Temple because our God is greater than all other gods.
- Psalms 48:1How great is the Lord, how deserving of praise, in the city of our God, which sits on his holy mountain!
- Psalms 86:10For you are great and perform wonderful deeds. You alone are God.
- Psalms 96:4Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods.
- Psalms 135:5I know the greatness of the Lord— that our Lord is greater than any other god.
- Psalms 145:3Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness.
- Ezekiel 36:22“Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: I am bringing you back, but not because you deserve it. I am doing it to protect my holy name, on which you brought shame while you were scattered among the nations.
- Exodus 15:11“Who is like you among the gods, O Lord— glorious in holiness, awesome in splendor, performing great wonders?
- Deuteronomy 4:35“He showed you these things so you would know that the Lord is God and there is no other.
- Deuteronomy 32:39Look now; I myself am he! There is no other god but me! I am the one who kills and gives life; I am the one who wounds and heals; no one can be rescued from my powerful hand!
- 1 Samuel 2:2No one is holy like the Lord! There is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.
- Psalms 86:8No pagan god is like you, O Lord. None can do what you do!
- Psalms 89:6For who in all of heaven can compare with the Lord? What mightiest angel is anything like the Lord?
- Isaiah 40:18To whom can you compare God? What image can you find to resemble him?
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 7:22
- 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. 22there is none like You: David affirms God's uniqueness (see also 2 Samuel 22:32; Deuteronomy 4:39; 1 Samuel 2:2).Read the comment
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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
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