2 Samuel 7:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

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:

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Now therefore, this is what you shall 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 Israel.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now therefore thus shalt thou say{H559} unto my servant{H5650} David,{H1732} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} I took{H3947} thee from the sheepcote,{H5116} from following{H310} the sheep,{H6629} that thou shouldest be prince{H5057} over my people,{H5971} over Israel;{H3478}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now therefore so shalt thou say{H559}{(H8799)} unto my servant{H5650} David{H1732}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, I took{H3947}{(H8804)} thee from the sheepcote{H5116}, from following{H310} the sheep{H6629}, to be ruler{H5057} over my people{H5971}, over Israel{H3478}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    So shalt thou speake now vnto my seruaunt Dauid: Thus sayeth the LORDE Zebaoth: I toke the from the pasture whan thou wentest behynde the shepe, yt thou shuldest be ye prynce ouer my people of Israel,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Nowe therefore so say vnto my seruant Dauid, Thus saieth the Lord of hostes, I tooke thee from the sheepecote following the sheepe, that thou mightest bee ruler ouer my people, ouer Israel.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Now therfore, so say vnto my seruaunt Dauid: thus sayeth the lord of hoastes, I toke thee from the sheepe coate as thou wast folowing sheepe, that thou mightest be ruler ouer my people ouer Israel.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Israel;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the comely place, from after the flock, to be leader over My people, over Israel;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Now therefore you shall tell my servant David this, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies, "I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Israel.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 6:21 : 21 And David said to Michal, It was before the LORD, who chose me before your father and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel; therefore will I play before the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 16:11-12 : 11 And Samuel said to Jesse, Are these all your children? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he keeps the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring him: for we will not sit down till he comes here. 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and with a beautiful countenance, and good to look upon. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
  • 1 Sam 9:16 : 16 Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people from the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry has come to me.
  • 1 Sam 10:1 : 1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD has anointed you to be captain over His inheritance?
  • 2 Sam 12:7 : 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.
  • 1 Chr 17:7 : 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:
  • Ps 78:70-71 : 70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: 71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 17:4-8
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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:

    5 For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

    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:

    8 And I have been with you wherever you have walked, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

  • 1 Chr 11:2
    81%

    2 Moreover, in times past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led and brought in Israel. And the LORD your God said to you, You shall shepherd my people Israel, and you shall be ruler over my people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:9-11
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    81%

    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.

    10 Moreover, I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; nor shall the children of wickedness afflict them anymore, as before,

    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.

  • Ps 78:70-71
    2 verses
    81%

    70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

    71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

  • 1 Kgs 8:15-16
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    15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

    16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:5-7
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    80%

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

    6 Since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, I have not dwelt in any house, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

    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?

  • 2 Sam 5:2
    80%

    2 Also, in times past when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and brought them in. And the LORD said to you, You will feed my people Israel, and you will be a captain over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:37-38
    2 verses
    79%

    37 And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

    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.

  • 2 Sam 12:7
    77%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 14:7-8
    2 verses
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    7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Israel,

    8 And tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you: yet you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do only that which was right in my eyes;

  • Ezek 34:23-24
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    23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

    24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

  • Amos 7:15
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    15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

  • 2 Chr 7:17-18
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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;

    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 28:4
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    4 However the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel:

  • 2 Sam 7:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    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?

    19 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?

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

  • 2 Chr 6:4-6
    3 verses
    75%

    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,

    5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

    6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

  • Ezek 37:24
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    24 And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

  • 1 Kgs 8:25-26
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    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.

  • 2 Sam 7:27
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    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.

  • 2 Sam 7:25
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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.

  • 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.

  • 2 Sam 3:18
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    18 Now then do it, for the LORD has spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

  • 1 Kgs 8:20
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    20 And the LORD has performed his word that he spoke, and I have risen up in place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
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    35 Then you shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

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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.

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    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.

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    34 David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

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    10 To transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.

  • 1 Kgs 11:34
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    34 However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes.

  • 2 Chr 1:9
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    9 Now, O LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established: for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

  • Ezek 34:7
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    7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;