2 Samuel 7:12
What does 2 Samuel 7:12 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 7:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`When thy days are full, and thou hast lain with thy fathers, then I have raised up thy seed after thee which goeth out from thy bowels, and have established his kingdom;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of the bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
Context
v.11and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover Jehovah telleth thee that Jehovah will make thee a house.
v.12This passage
v.13He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 12:2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- 1 Kings 1:21
Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
- Acts 2:30
Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set one upon his throne;
- Matthew 22:42
saying, What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
- 1 Kings 2:1
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
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