2 Samuel 7:16
Good News Translation
You will always have descendants, and I will make your kingdom last forever. Your dynasty will never end.'"

New Revised Standard Version
Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me; your throne shall be established forever.

Contemporary English Version
I will make sure that one of your descendants will always be king.

New American Bible
Your house and your kingdom are firm forever before me; your throne shall be firmly established forever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thy house shall be faithful, and thy kingdom for ever before thy face, and thy throne shall be firm for ever.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And thy house shall be faithful, and thy kingdom for ever before thy face, and thy throne shall be firm for ever.

2 Samuel 7:13 He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom fore ever.

Genesis 49:10 The sceptre shall not be taken away from Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to be sent, and he shall be the expectation of nations.

2 Kings 19:34 And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for David, my servant's sake.

1 Chronicles 17:13,14 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee. . . .

Psalm 45:6 Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness.

Psalm 72:5,17-19 And he shall continue with the sun and before the moon, throughout all generations. . . .

Psalm 89:36,37 His seed shall endure for ever. . . .

Isaiah 9:7 His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Daniel 2:44 But in the days of those kingdoms, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and his kingdom shall not be delivered up to another people: and it shall break in pieces, and shall consume all these kingdoms: and itself shall stand for ever.

Daniel 7:14 And he gave him power, and glory, and a kingdom: and all peoples, tribes, and tongues shall serve him: his power is an everlasting power that shall not be taken away: and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed.

Matthew 16:18 And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Luke 1:32,33 He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. . . .

John 12:34 The multitude answered him: We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever. And how sayest thou: The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

Hebrews 1:8 But to the Son: Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of justice is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet: and there were great voices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of this world is become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign for ever and ever. Amen.

Context
God's Covenant with David
15But my mercy I will not take away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before my face. 16And thy house shall be faithful, and thy kingdom for ever before thy face, and thy throne shall be firm for ever.17According to all these words and according to all this vision so did Nathan speak to David.…
Cross References
Luke 1:33
And of his kingdom there shall be no end.

1 Samuel 25:28
Forgive the iniquity of thy handmaid: for the Lord will surely make for my lord a faithful house, because thou, my lord, fightest the battles of the Lord: let not evil therefore be found in thee all the days of thy life.

2 Samuel 7:13
He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom fore ever.

2 Samuel 7:17
According to all these words and according to all this vision so did Nathan speak to David.

1 Kings 9:5
I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever, as I promised David, thy father, saying: There shall not fail a man of thy race upon the throne of Israel.

Psalm 89:4
Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.

Psalm 89:36
His seed shall endure for ever.

Psalm 89:37
And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.

Jeremiah 17:25
Then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes, sitting upon the throne of David, and riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall be inhabited for ever.

Jeremiah 33:17
For thus saith the Lord: There shall not be cut off from David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel.

2 Samuel 7:15
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