2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
KJV
Ego ero ei in patrem, et ipse erit mihi in filium : qui si inique aliquid gesserit, arguam eum in virga virorum, et in plagis filiorum hominum.
Vulgate
ἐγὼ ἔσομαι αὐτῷ εἰς πατέρα καὶ αὐτὸς ἔσται μοι εἰς υἱόν· καὶ ἐὰν ἔλθῃ ἀδικία αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐλέγξω αὐτὸν ἐν ῥάβδῳ ἀνδρῶν καὶ ἐν ἁφαῖς υἱῶν ἀνθρώπων,
LXX
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
ASV
אֲנִי֙ אֶהְיֶה לּ֣/וֹ לְ/אָ֔ב וְ/ה֖וּא יִהְיֶה לִּ֣/י לְ/בֵ֑ן אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּ/הַ֣עֲוֺת֔/וֹ וְ/הֹֽכַחְתִּי/ו֙ בְּ/שֵׁ֣בֶט אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וּ/בְ/נִגְעֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Heb 1:5 · adapted"For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?"Samuel: I will be his Father — applied to Christ's sonship
Themes
Covenant
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§238Many religions invoke God as "Father". the deity is often considered the "father of gods and of men". In Israel, God is called "Father" inasmuch as he is Creator of the world.59 Even more, God is Father because of the covenant and the gift of the law to Israel, "his first-born son".60 God is also called the Father of the king of Israel. Most especially he is "the Father of the …
§441In the Old Testament, "son of God" is a title given to the angels, the Chosen People, the children of Israel, and their kings.44 It signifies an adoptive sonship that establishes a relationship of particular intimacy between God and his creature. When the promised Messiah-King is called "son of God", it does not necessarily imply that he was more than human, according to the li…
Chapter 9.—How Like the Prophecy About Christ in the 89th Psalm is to the Things Promised in Nathan’s Prophecy in the Books of Samuel. Wherefore also in the 89th Psalm, of which the title is, “An instruction for himself by Ethan the Israelite,” mention is made of the promises God made to king David, and some things are there added similar to those found in the Book of Samuel, s…
Chapter 1. Summary of the Foregoing Books, and Scope of that Which Follows. I. The man who fears God seeks diligently in Holy Scripture for a knowledge of His will. And when he has become meek through piety, so as to have no love of strife; when furnished also with a knowledge of languages, so as not to be stopped by unknown words and forms of speech, and with the knowledge of …
Cross-references
- 1Chr 17:13 — I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
- 1Chr 28:6 — And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
- 1Cor 11:32 — But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
- 1Kgs 9:6 — But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
- 2Cor 6:18 — And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
- 2Sam 7:15 — But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
- 2Sam 23:5 — Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to gro
- Acts 13:34 — And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
- Deut 8:5 — Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
- Deut 8:5 — Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
- Heb 1:5 — For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
- Heb 1:5 — For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
- Heb 12:5 — And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
- Heb 12:6 — For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
- Heb 12:7 — If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
- Hos 11:4 — I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
- Jer 30:11 — For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and
- Job 5:17 — Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
- Matt 3:17 — And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
- Prov 3:11 — My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
- Prov 11:31 — Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
- Ps 66:20 — Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
- Ps 89:20 — I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
- Ps 89:26 — He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
- Ps 89:30 — If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
- Ps 89:32 — Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
- Ps 94:12 — Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
- Rev 3:19 — As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Rev 3:19 — As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.