2 Samuel 7:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹא֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֔ד וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מִ֣י אָנֹכִ֞י אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ וּמִ֣י בֵיתִ֔י כִּ֥י הֲבִיאֹתַ֖נִי עַד־הֲלֹֽם׃

Transliteration

And wayyāḇōʾ the meleḵ dāwid and wayyēšeḇ before YHWH, and wayōʾmer, 'Who ʾānōḵî, ʾăḏōnāy YHWH, and who ḇêṯî that hăḇîʾōṯanî to hălōm?'

Grammar Details

• *wayyāḇōʾ*: waw-consecutive + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he came/entered'
• *meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - 'the king'
• *dāwid*: proper noun - 'David'
• *wayyēšeḇ*: waw-consecutive + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he sat'
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *wayōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he said'
• *ʾānōḵî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - 'I'
• *ʾăḏōnāy*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - 'my Lord'
• *ḇêṯî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my house'
• *hăḇîʾōṯanî*: verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'you have brought me'
• *hălōm*: adverb - 'here/thus far'

Word Meanings

• *wayyēšeḇ*: and he sat/and he remained/and he dwelt
• *ʾăḏōnāy*: my Lord/my Master/my Sovereign
• *ḇêṯî*: my house/my family/my dynasty/my lineage
• *hăḇîʾōṯanî*: you have brought me/you have led me/you have conducted me
• *hălōm*: here/thus far/to this point

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then David{H1732} the king{H4428} went{H935} in, and sat{H3427} before{H6440} Jehovah;{H3068} and he said,{H559} Who am I, O Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} and what is my house,{H1004} that thou hast brought{H935} me thus far?{H1988}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then went{H935}{(H8799)} king{H4428} David{H1732} in, and sat{H3427}{(H8799)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, and he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Who am I, O Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}? and what is my house{H1004}, that thou hast brought{H935}{(H8689)} me hitherto{H1988}?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  kynge Dauid came and sat him downe before the LORDE, and sayde: O LORDE God, who am I? and what is my house, yt thou hast broughte me thus farre?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then King Dauid went in, and sate before the Lorde, and sayde, Who am I, O Lorde God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then went king Dauid in, and set him downe before the Lord, and sayde: Who am I, O Lorde God? and what is my house that thou hast brought me hyther to?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who [am] I, O Lord GOD? and what [is] my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And king David cometh in and sitteth before Jehovah, and saith, `Who `am' I, Lord Jehovah? and what my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, "Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  David Offers a Prayer to God King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said,“Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point?

Referenced Verses

• Ps 8:4 : 4 When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon, and the stars that You have set in place—
• 1 Chr 17:16 : 16 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: "Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?
• 1 Sam 18:18 : 18 But David said to Saul, 'Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?'
• Exod 3:11 : 11 But Moses said to God, 'Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?'
• 1 Sam 9:21 : 21 Saul answered, "Am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And is not my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why do you speak to me this way?"
• Gen 32:10 : 10 Then Jacob said, 'O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said to me,
• 1 Sam 15:17 : 17 Samuel said, 'Although you were small in your own eyes, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.'
• Judg 6:15 : 15 But Gideon said to him, 'Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Look, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father's house.'
• Isa 37:14 : 14 Hezekiah received the letters from the messengers, read them, and went up to the house of the LORD. There he spread them out before the LORD.
• Eph 3:8 : 8 To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,