Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 7:9

2 Samuel chapter 7 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.

Context

v.8Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel;

v.9This passage

v.10And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 22:1

    And David spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

  • Luke 1:52

    He hath put down princes from their thrones, And hath exalted them of low degree.

  • 2 Samuel 8:6

    Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.

  • Psalms 89:23

    And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.

  • 2 Samuel 22:34

    He maketh his feet like hinds’ feet, And setteth me upon my high places.

  • 2 Samuel 5:10

    And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah, the God of hosts, was with him.