2 Samuel 7:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he sins, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    I will be his father,{H1} and he shall be my son:{H1121} if he commit iniquity,{H5753} I will chasten{H3198} him with the rod{H7626} of men,{H582} and with the stripes{H5061} of the children{H1121} of men;{H120}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    I will be his father{H1}, and he shall be my son{H1121}. If he commit iniquity{H5753}{(H8687)}, I will chasten{H3198}{(H8689)} him with the rod{H7626} of men{H582}, and with the stripes{H5061} of the children{H1121} of men{H120}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I wyll be his father, and he shall be my sonne. Whan he doth a trespace, I wyll reproue him with the rodd of men and with the plages of ye childre of men:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    I will be his father, and hee shall bee my sonne: and if he sinne, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of men.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    I will be his father, and he shalbe my sonne: If he sinne, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the plagues of the children of men.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 1:5 : 5 For to which of the angels did He at any time say, You are My Son, this day have I begotten You? And again, I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son?
  • 1 Cor 11:32 : 32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
  • Deut 8:5 : 5 You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
  • 1 Chr 17:13 : 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you:
  • Ps 89:20-37 : 20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him: 21 With whom my hand shall be established; my arm also shall strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall not exact from him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague those who hate him. 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him, and in my name his horn shall be exalted. 25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 26 He shall cry to me, You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. 27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. 28 My mercy I will keep for him forevermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also I will make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 30 If his children forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments; 31 If they break my statutes and do not keep my commandments; 32 Then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of my lips. 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David. 36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established forever like the moon, and like a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
  • Jer 30:11 : 11 For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you: though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in due measure, and will not leave you altogether unpunished.
  • Matt 3:17 : 17 And behold, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Ps 94:12-13 : 12 Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law; 13 That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dug for the wicked.
  • Prov 3:11-12 : 11 My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; nor be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.
  • 1 Chr 28:6 : 6 And he said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
  • Job 5:17 : 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty:
  • Heb 12:5-9 : 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children, "My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by him: 6 For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives." 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? 8 But if you are without chastisement, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we respected them: shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our benefit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful: nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    11 And it shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

    12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

    13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you:

    14 But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established forevermore.

  • 2 Sam 7:12-13
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    12 And when your days are fulfilled, and you shall rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall come out of your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

    13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

  • 2 Sam 7:15
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    15 But my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.

  • 1 Chr 22:10
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    10 He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.

  • Ps 2:7
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    7 I will declare the decree: the LORD has said to me, 'You are my Son; this day I have begotten you.'

  • Heb 12:6-8
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    6 For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."

    7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

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  • Ps 89:32-33
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    33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

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    76%

    25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

    26 He shall cry to me, You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

    27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

    28 My mercy I will keep for him forevermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

    29 His seed also I will make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

    30 If his children forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments;

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    76%

    17 As for you, if you will walk before Me, as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and keep My statutes and My judgments;

    18 Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I have covenanted with David your father, saying, You shall not fail to have a man to be ruler in Israel.

  • 1 Chr 28:6-7
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    6 And he said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

    7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, if he remains steadfast to obey my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

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    23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.

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    11 My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; nor be weary of his correction:

    12 For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.

  • Jer 3:19
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    19 But I said, How shall I put you among the children and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? And I said, You shall call me, My Father; and shall not turn away from me.

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    24 He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

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    13 Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

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    11 The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.

    12 If your children will keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon your throne forevermore.

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    18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them,

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    14 and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke; my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

  • 1 Kgs 11:39
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    39 And I will for this afflict the offspring of David, but not forever.

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    5 You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

  • Isa 22:21
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    21 And I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your girdle, and I will commit your authority into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

  • 1 Sam 3:13
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    13 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows about; because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them.

  • Ps 89:36
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    36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.

  • Prov 4:3
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    3 For I was my father's son, tender and dearly loved in the sight of my mother.

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    5 Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom upon Israel forever, as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man upon the throne of Israel.

  • 2 Cor 6:18
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    18 And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

  • 1 Kgs 11:12
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    12 Nevertheless in your days I will not do it for David your father's sake: but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

  • 1 Chr 17:7
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  • 2 Chr 6:16
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  • Lev 26:28
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    28 Then I will walk contrary to you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

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    21 With whom my hand shall be established; my arm also shall strengthen him.