Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, LORD, have become their God. New Living Translation You made Israel your very own people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God. English Standard Version And you established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever. And you, O LORD, became their God. Berean Standard Bible For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. King James Bible For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God. New King James Version For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; and You, LORD, have become their God. New American Standard Bible For You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, LORD, have become their God. NASB 1995 “For You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. NASB 1977 “For Thou hast established for Thyself Thy people Israel as Thine own people forever, and Thou, O LORD, hast become their God. Legacy Standard Bible Yet You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, O Yahweh, have become their God. Amplified Bible You established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your people forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. Christian Standard Bible You established your people Israel to be your own people forever, and you, LORD, have become their God. Holman Christian Standard Bible You established Your people Israel to be Your own people forever, and You, LORD, have become their God. American Standard Version And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God. Contemporary English Version You have chosen Israel to be your people forever, and you have become their God. English Revised Version And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God. GOD'S WORD® Translation You created the people of Israel to be your people forever. And you, LORD, became their God. Good News Translation You have made Israel your own people forever, and you, LORD, have become their God. International Standard Version You have prepared your people Israel to be your very own people for ever, and you, LORD, have become their God! Majority Standard Bible For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. NET Bible You made Israel your very own people for all time. You, O LORD, became their God. New Heart English Bible And you established your people Israel for yourself to be your people forever; and you, LORD, became their God. Webster's Bible Translation For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people to thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God. World English Bible You established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIndeed, You establish Your people Israel for Yourself, for a people for Yourself for all time, and You, YHWH, have been to them for God. Young's Literal Translation Yea, Thou dost establish to Thee Thy people Israel, to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, Jehovah, hast been to them for God. Smith's Literal Translation And thou wilt prepare to thyself thy people Israel to thee for a people, even to forever. And thou Jehovah wert to them for God. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be an everlasting people: and thou, O Lord God, art become their God. Catholic Public Domain Version For you have secured your people Israel for yourself, as an everlasting people. And you, O Lord God, have become their God. New American Bible You have established for yourself your people Israel as your people forever, and you, LORD, have become their God. New Revised Standard Version And you established your people Israel for yourself to be your people forever; and you, O LORD, became their God. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor thou hast established for thyself thy people Israel to be a people to thee for ever; and thou, O LORD, hast become their God. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And you have established your people Israel for yourself, that it shall be a people for yourself until eternity, and you LORD JEHOVAH have been God to them! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Thou didst establish to Thyself Thy people Israel to be a people unto Thee for ever; and Thou, LORD, becamest their God. Brenton Septuagint Translation And thou has prepared for thyself thy people Israel to be a people for ever, and thou, Lord, art become their God. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context David's Prayer of Thanksgiving…23And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt. 24For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. 25And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,… Cross References Genesis 17:7-8 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. / And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.” Exodus 6:7 I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. Deuteronomy 26:18-19 And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments, / that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised. Leviticus 26:12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people. Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. Ezekiel 37:27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people. 1 Chronicles 17:22 For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. Psalm 105:8-10 He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— / the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. / He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: Isaiah 43:1 But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine! Hosea 2:23 And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’” Romans 9:25-26 As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,” / and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’” 1 Peter 2:9-10 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. / Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. Revelation 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God. Galatians 3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise. Treasury of Scripture For you have confirmed to yourself your people Israel to be a people to you for ever: and you, LORD, are become their God. confirmed Genesis 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. Deuteronomy 26:18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; art become 2 Samuel 7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? Exodus 15:2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. Deuteronomy 27:9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God. Jump to Previous Age Becamest Confirmed Establish Established Forever Israel Strong ThyselfJump to Next Age Becamest Confirmed Establish Established Forever Israel Strong Thyself2 Samuel 7 1. Nathan, first approving the purpose of David to build God a house4. After by the word of God forbids him 12. God promises him benefits and blessings in his seed 18. David's prayer and thanksgiving For You have established The Hebrew root for "established" is "כּוּן" (kun), which conveys a sense of being firm, stable, and enduring. This word choice emphasizes God's sovereign action in creating a lasting covenant with Israel. Historically, this reflects the divine initiative in the establishment of Israel as a nation, underscoring God's unchanging purpose and faithfulness. The establishment is not merely a temporary arrangement but a divine ordination that stands the test of time. Your people Israel as Your very own forever and You, O LORD have become their God Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew For You have establishedוַתְּכ֣וֹנֵֽן (wat·tə·ḵō·w·nên) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3559: To be erect Your people עַמְּךָ֨ (‘am·mə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל ׀ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc as Your very own לְךָ֛ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew forever, עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while and You, וְאַתָּ֣ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you O LORD, יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel have become הָיִ֥יתָ (hā·yî·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be their God. לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ (lê·lō·hîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links 2 Samuel 7:24 NIV2 Samuel 7:24 NLT 2 Samuel 7:24 ESV 2 Samuel 7:24 NASB 2 Samuel 7:24 KJV 2 Samuel 7:24 BibleApps.com 2 Samuel 7:24 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 7:24 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 7:24 French Bible 2 Samuel 7:24 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Samuel 7:24 You did establish to yourself your people (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) |