2 Samuel 7:18

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?

📖 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

• 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?

• 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?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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?

• 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 What is man, that you are mindful of him? And the son of man, that you visit him?
• 1 Chr 17:16 : 16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?
• 1 Sam 18:18 : 18 And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
• Exod 3:11 : 11 And Moses said to God, Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
• 1 Sam 9:21 : 21 And Saul answered and said, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then do you speak so to me?
• Gen 32:10 : 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two groups.
• 1 Sam 15:17 : 17 And Samuel said, When you were little in your own sight, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed you king over Israel?
• Judg 6:15 : 15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
• Isa 37:14 : 14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
• Eph 3:8 : 8 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;