2 Samuel 7:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

And this was yet a small thing in your sight, O Lord GOD; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord GOD. You have also spoken of your servant's house for a long time to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord GOD!

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And this was yet a small thing{H6994} in thine eyes,{H5869} O Lord{H136} Jehovah;{H3069} but thou hast spoken{H1696} also of thy servant's{H5650} house{H1004} for a great while to come;{H7350} and this [too] after the manner{H8452} of men,{H120} O Lord{H136} Jehovah!{H3069}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And this was yet a small thing{H6994}{(H8799)} in thy sight{H5869}, O Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; but thou hast spoken{H1696}{(H8762)} also of thy servant's{H5650} house{H1004} for a great while to come{H7350}. And is this the manner{H8452} of man{H120}, O Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    This O LORDE God hast thou thoughte to litle also, but hast spoken of the house of thy seruaunt yet loge for to come. O LORDE God, is that the lawe of men?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God, therefore thou hast spoken also of thy seruants house for a great while: but doth this apperteine to man, O Lord God?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And this was yet a small thing in thy sight O Lorde God: but thou hast spoken also of thy seruauntes house for a great whyle: but doth this appertayne to man, O Lorde God?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And [is] this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come; and this [too] after the manner of men, Lord Yahweh!

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And yet this `is' little in Thine eyes, Lord Jehovah, and Thou dost speak also concerning the house of Thy servant afar off; and this `is' the law of the Man, Lord Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord Jehovah; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come; and this `too' after the manner of men, O Lord Jehovah!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord Jehovah; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come; and this [too] after the manner of men, O Lord Jehovah!

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

  • World English Bible (2000)

    This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come; and this after the way of men, Lord Yahweh!

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    And you didn’t stop there, O LORD God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. Is this your usual way of dealing with men, O Sovereign LORD?

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 17:17 : 17 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O God; for you have also spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
  • Ps 36:7 : 7 How excellent is your lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of your wings.
  • 2 Sam 7:11-16 : 11 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you a house. 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. 14 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: 15 But my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you. 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.
  • 2 Sam 12:8 : 8 I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have given you much more.
  • Num 16:9 : 9 Does it seem like a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?
  • Num 16:13 : 13 Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, unless you make yourself altogether a prince over us?
  • Eph 2:7 : 7 That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
  • Eph 3:19-20 : 19 And to know the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 17:15-19
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    93%

    15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

    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?

    17 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O God; for you have also spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.

    18 What can David say more to you for the honor of your servant? for you know your servant.

    19 O LORD, for your servant's sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.

  • 2 Sam 7:20-21
    2 verses
    85%

    20 And what can David say more to you? for you, Lord GOD, know your servant.

    21 For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, you have done all these great things, to make your servant know them.

  • 2 Sam 7:16-18
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    16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.

    17 According to all these words and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.

    18 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?

  • 2 Sam 7:25-29
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    25 And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you have said.

    26 And let your name be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of your servant David be established before you.

    27 For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.

    28 And now, O Lord GOD, you are that God, and your words are true, and you have promised this goodness to your servant:

    29 Therefore now let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you: for you, O Lord GOD, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever.

  • 1 Chr 17:23-27
    5 verses
    79%

    23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as you have said.

    24 Let it even be established, that your name may be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David your servant be established before you.

    25 For you, O my God, have told your servant that you will build him a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray before you.

    26 And now, LORD, you are God, and have promised this goodness to your servant:

    27 Now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may be before you forever: for you bless, O LORD, and it shall be blessed forever.

  • 1 Chr 17:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6 Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?

    7 Now therefore thus shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepfold, even from following the sheep, that you should be ruler over my people Israel:

  • 2 Sam 7:5
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    5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

  • 2 Chr 6:15-19
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    76%

    15 You who have kept with your servant David my father what you promised him; and spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.

    16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that your children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as you have walked before me.

    17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you have spoken to your servant David.

    18 But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

    19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and the prayer which your servant prays before you:

  • 2 Chr 7:17
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    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;

  • 1 Kgs 8:24-27
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    24 Who have kept with your servant David my father what you promised him: you also spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.

    25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father what you promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only your children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as you have walked before me.

    26 And now, O God of Israel, let your word, I pray you, be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.

    27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built?

  • 2 Sam 7:7-9
    3 verses
    75%

    7 In all the places where I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?

    8 Now therefore, so shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

    9 And I was with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies out of your sight, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

  • 2 Chr 6:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

    8 But the LORD said to David my father, Because it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well in that it was in your heart:

  • 1 Kgs 1:27
    74%

    27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown it to your servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

  • 1 Kgs 8:18
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    18 And the LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

  • 2 Sam 12:7-8
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    7 Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

    8 I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have given you much more.

  • 2 Sam 7:11
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    11 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you a house.

  • 1 Chr 17:4
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    4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build me a house to live in:

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
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    38 And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.

  • 1 Chr 17:10
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    10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore, I tell you that the LORD will build you a house.

  • Job 7:17
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    17 What is man, that you should magnify him, and that you should set your heart upon him?

  • 1 Kgs 3:7
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    7 And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.

  • 2 Chr 6:4
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    4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has with his hands fulfilled what he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying,

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    7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God: