1 Chronicles 17:20
What does 1 Chronicles 17:20 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 17:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
KJV
King James Version · 1611O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949O Lord, there is no one like you, and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862O Jehovah, there is none like Thee, and there is no god save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752O Lord there is none like thee: and here is no other God beside thee, of all whom we have heard of with our ears.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there anyGod beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
Context
v.19O Jehovah, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
v.20This passage
v.21And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemedst out of Egypt?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 43:10
Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
- Isaiah 44:6
Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
- Psalms 86:8
There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neitherare there any workslike unto thy works.
- Psalms 44:1
We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
- Isaiah 45:5
I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;
- Deuteronomy 4:35
Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him.
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