2 Samuel 7:24
For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
KJV
Firmasti enim tibi populum tuum Israël in populum sempiternum : et tu, Domine Deus, factus es eis in Deum.
Vulgate
καὶ ἡτοίμασας σεαυτῷ τὸν λαόν σου Ἰσραὴλ λαὸν ἕως αἰῶνος, καὶ σύ, Κύριε, ἐγένου αὐτοῖς εἰς θεόν.
LXX
And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.
ASV
וַ/תְּכ֣וֹנֵֽן לְ֠/ךָ אֶת עַמְּ/ךָ֨ יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל לְ/ךָ֛ לְ/עָ֖ם עַד עוֹלָ֑ם וְ/אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה הָיִ֥יתָ לָ/הֶ֖ם לֵ/אלֹהִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2579David is par excellence the king "after God's own heart," the shepherd who prays for his people and prays in their name. His submission to the will of God, his praise, and his repentance, will be a model for the prayer of the people. His prayer, the prayer of God's Anointed, is a faithful adherence to the divine promise and expresses a loving and joyful trust in God, the only K…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 2:10 — Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
- Deut 26:18 — And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
- Gen 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- Isa 12:2 — Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Jer 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God
- John 1:12 — But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
- Ps 48:14 — For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.