2 Samuel 7:28
2 Samuel chapter 7 · verse 28 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And now, O Lord Jehovah, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And now, O Lord Jehovah, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:
Context
v.27For thou, O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
v.28This passage
v.29now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord Jehovah, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?
- John 17:17
Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.
- Exodus 34:6
And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth;
- Titus 1:2
in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;