2 Samuel 7:9

Translations

Modern

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And I have been with you in every place that you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great men who are on the earth.

Latin

…et fui tecum in omnibus ubicumque ambulasti, et interfeci universos inimicos tuos a facie tua: fecique tibi nomen grande, juxta nomen magnorum qui sunt in terra.

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Hebrew

English

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.

Notes

2 Samuel 7:9

I have been with you: God guided and protected David throughout his life. In this way, God was actively involved in shaping everything David did.
I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land: God promised to make a person’s name great only to Abraham and to David (see Genesis 12:2).

2 Samuel 7:8–17

Instead of David building a house for God, God promised to build a house for David, meaning a lasting line of kings from David’s family.

2 Samuel 7:1–29

David was not happy just making a tent for the ark (2 Samuel 6:17). He wanted to build a house for God.

Theme notes and profiles

David God’s Covenant with David God’s Covenant with Israel’s Kings God’s Covenants God’s Name on His Temple God’s New Covenant Kingship

Events

Reign of David

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