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1 Chronicles 17:16

And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

KJV

Cumque venisset rex David, et sedisset coram Domino, dixit : Quis ego sum, Domine Deus, et quæ domus mea, ut præstares mihi talia ?

Vulgate

Καὶ ἦλθεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαυεὶδ καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἀπέναντι Κυρίου, καὶ εἶπεν Τίς εἰμι ἐγώ, Κύριε ὁ θεός, καὶ τίς ὁ οἶκός μου, ὅτι ἠγάπησάς με ἕως αἰῶνος;

LXX

Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?

ASV

וַ/יָּבֹא֙ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֔יד וַ/יֵּ֖שֶׁב לִ/פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר מִֽי אֲנִ֞י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ וּ/מִ֣י בֵיתִ֔/י כִּ֥י הֲבִיאֹתַ֖/נִי עַד הֲלֹֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
הֲלֹֽם
hlm
adverb · 11×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 7:12 — Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
  • 1Sam 9:21 — And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
  • 2Sam 7:18 — Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
  • 2Sam 7:18 — Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
  • Eph 3:8 — Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
  • Gen 32:10 — I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
  • Ps 144:3 — LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!