2 Samuel 7:28
And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
KJV
Nunc ergo Domine Deus, tu es Deus, et verba tua erunt vera : locutus es enim ad servum tuum bona hæc.
Vulgate
καὶ νῦν, κύριέ μου Κύριε, σὺ εἶ ὁ θεός, καὶ οἱ λόγοι σου ἔσονται ἀληθινοί, καὶ ἐλάλησας ὑπὲρ τοῦ δούλου σου τὰ ἀγαθὰ ταῦτα.
LXX
And now, O Lord Jehovah, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:
ASV
וְ/עַתָּ֣ה אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֗ה אַתָּה הוּא֙ הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים וּ/דְבָרֶ֖י/ךָ יִהְי֣וּ אֱמֶ֑ת וַ/תְּדַבֵּר֙ אֶֽל עַבְדְּ/ךָ֔ אֶת הַ/טּוֹבָ֖ה הַ/זֹּֽאת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§215"The sum of your word is truth; and every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever."30 "and now, O LORD God, you are God, and your words are true";31 this is why God's promises always come true.32 God is Truth itself, whose words cannot deceive. This is why one can abandon oneself in full trust to the truth and faithfulness of his word in all things. the beginning of si…
§2465The Old Testament attests that God is the source of all truth. His Word is truth. His Law is truth. His "faithfulness endures to all generations."254 Since God is "true," the members of his people are called to live in the truth.255
§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
- Exod 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
- John 17:17 — Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
- John 17:17 — Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
- Num 23:19 — God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?