2 Samuel 7:22
What does 2 Samuel 7:22 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 7:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Wherefore thou art great, O Jehovah God: for 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 · 1611Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for 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 · 1901Wherefore thou art great, O Jehovah God: for 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 · 1949Truly you are great, O Lord God: 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 · 1862Therefore Thou hast been great, Jehovah God, for 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) · 1752Therefore thou art magnified, O Lord God, because there is none like to thee, neither is there any God besides thee, in all the things that we have heard with our ears.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Wherefore thou art great, Jehovah Elohim; for there is none like thee, neither is there anyGod beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
Context
v.21For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.
v.22This passage
v.23And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, whom thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:39
See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
- Isaiah 40:25
To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal to him? saith the Holy One.
- Ezekiel 36:32
Nor for your sake do Ithis, saith the Lord Jehovah, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
- Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
- 1 Samuel 2:2
There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our God.
- Psalms 89:8
O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
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