Tree of Life Version
1 Chronicles 17:18
18“What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)“What more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your 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.
Context of 1 Chronicles 17:18
16Then King David went in and sat before Adonai, and said, “Who am I, Adonai Elohim, and what is my family, that You have brought me thus far? 17And this was not enough in Your eyes, O God! You have spoken about the future of Your servant’s household. You have regarded me as the most distinquished of men, Adonai Elohim. “What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant. 19Adonai, for the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to reveal all Your greatness. 20“Adonai, there is none like You and there is no other god besides You, as we have heard with our own ears.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 171 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.
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 17:18
- 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore Adonai God of Israel declares, I indeed said that your house and your father’s house should walk before Me forever. But now declares Adonai, far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
- 2 Samuel 7:20What more can David add in speaking to You? For You already know Your servant, my Lord Adonai.
- 1 Samuel 16:7But Adonai said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have already refused him. For He does not see a man as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but Adonai looks into the heart.”
- Psalms 139:1For the music director: a psalm of David. Adonai, You searched me and know me.
- John 21:17He said to him a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him for a third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You!” Yeshua said to him, “Feed My sheep!”
- Revelation 2:23I will also strike her children with a deadly disease. Then all of Messiah’s communities will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to 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
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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
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