Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Sovereign LORD, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant. New Living Translation For you are God, O Sovereign LORD. Your words are truth, and you have promised these good things to your servant. English Standard Version And now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. Berean Standard Bible And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant. King James Bible And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: New King James Version “And now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant. New American Standard Bible Now then, Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are truth; and You have promised this good thing to Your servant. NASB 1995 “Now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant. NASB 1977 “And now, O Lord GOD, Thou art God, and Thy words are truth, and Thou hast promised this good thing to Thy servant. Legacy Standard Bible So now, O Lord Yahweh, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your slave. Amplified Bible And now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant. Christian Standard Bible Lord GOD, you are God; your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. Holman Christian Standard Bible Lord GOD, You are God; Your words are true, and You have promised this grace to Your servant. American Standard Version And now, O Lord Jehovah, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant: Contemporary English Version LORD All-Powerful, you are God. You have promised me some very good things, and you can be trusted to do what you promise. English Revised Version And now, O Lord GOD, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant: GOD'S WORD® Translation "Almighty LORD, you are God, and your words are trustworthy. You promised me this good thing. Good News Translation "And now, Sovereign LORD, you are God; you always keep your promises, and you have made this wonderful promise to me. International Standard Version "Now therefore, Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have spoken to your servant these good things. Majority Standard Bible And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant. NET Bible Now, O sovereign LORD, you are the true God! May your words prove to be true! You have made this good promise to your servant! New Heart English Bible "Now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. Webster's Bible Translation And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words are true, and thou hast promised this goodness to thy servant: World English Bible “Now, O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd now, Lord YHWH, You [are] God Himself, and Your words are truth, and You speak this goodness to Your servant, Young's Literal Translation And now, Lord Jehovah, Thou art God Himself, and Thy words are truth, and Thou speakest unto Thy servant this goodness, Smith's Literal Translation And now, Lord Jehovah, thou that God, and thy words shall be true, and thou wilt speak to thy servant this goodness. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd now, O Lord God, thou art God, and thy words shall be true: for thou hast spoken to thy servant these good things. Catholic Public Domain Version Now therefore, O Lord God, you are God, and your words shall be true. For you have spoken to your servant these good things. New American Bible Since you, Lord GOD, are truly God and your words are truth and you have made this generous promise to your servant, New Revised Standard Version And now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd now, O LORD God, thou art God and thy words are true, for thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And now, LORD JEHOVAH God, you are God, and your words shall be true that you have spoken this goodness concerning your Servant OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And now, O Lord GOD, Thou alone art God, and Thy words are truth, and Thou hast promised this good thing unto Thy servant; Brenton Septuagint Translation And now, O Lord my Lord, thou art God; and thy words will be true, and thou hast spoken these good things concerning thy servant. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context David's Prayer of Thanksgiving…27For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You. 28And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant. 29Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”… Cross References 1 Kings 8:56 “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses. Psalm 89:34 I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips. Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill? Isaiah 55:11 so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it. Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. Titus 1:2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. Joshua 21:45 Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled. Psalm 119:89-90 Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens. / Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures. Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.” 1 Peter 1:25 but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you. Romans 4:21 being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised. 1 Thessalonians 5:24 The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it. Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments. Psalm 33:4 For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is trustworthy. John 17:17 Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. Treasury of Scripture And now, O Lord GOD, you are that God, and your words be true, and you have promised this goodness to your servant: thy words Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; Jump to Previous Alone Good Goodness Promised Servant Sovereign Speakest True. Trustworthy Truth WordsJump to Next Alone Good Goodness Promised Servant Sovereign Speakest True. Trustworthy Truth Words2 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 And now This phrase signifies a transition, a moment of realization and response. In the Hebrew text, it is often used to denote a shift from past actions to present acknowledgment. David is moving from recounting God's past deeds to expressing his current understanding and gratitude. It is a call to immediate reflection and action, urging believers to recognize the present moment as an opportunity to respond to God's faithfulness. O Lord GOD You are God! Your words are true and You have promised this goodness to Your servant Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And now,וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀ (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 6258: At this time O Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord GOD, יְהוִ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH You אַתָּה־ (’at·tāh-) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you are הוּא֙ (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are God! הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Your words וּדְבָרֶ֖יךָ (ū·ḏə·ḇā·re·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause are יִהְי֣וּ (yih·yū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be true, אֱמֶ֑ת (’ĕ·meṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness and You have promised וַתְּדַבֵּר֙ (wat·tə·ḏab·bêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue this הַזֹּֽאת׃ (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, goodness הַטּוֹבָ֖ה (haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good to אֶֽל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Your servant. עַבְדְּךָ֔ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant Links 2 Samuel 7:28 NIV2 Samuel 7:28 NLT 2 Samuel 7:28 ESV 2 Samuel 7:28 NASB 2 Samuel 7:28 KJV 2 Samuel 7:28 BibleApps.com 2 Samuel 7:28 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 7:28 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 7:28 French Bible 2 Samuel 7:28 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Samuel 7:28 Now O Lord Yahweh you are God (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) |