◄ 2 Samuel 7:28 ►
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Good News Translation
"And now, Sovereign LORD, you are God; you always keep your promises, and you have made this wonderful promise to me.

New Revised Standard Version
And now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant;

Contemporary English Version
LORD All-Powerful, you are God. You have promised me some very good things, and you can be trusted to do what you promise.

New American Bible
Since you, Lord GOD, are truly God and your words are truth and you have made this generous promise to your servant,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And now, O Lord God, thou art God, and thy words shall be true: for thou hast spoken to thy servant these good things.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And now, O Lord God, thou art God, and thy words shall be true: for thou hast spoken to thy servant these good things.

thy words

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor is the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil?

John 17:17 Sanctify them in truth. Thy word is truth.

Titus 1:2 Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:

Context
David's Prayer of Thanksgiving
…27Because thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to the ear of thy servant, saying: I will build thee a house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to thee. 28And now, O Lord God, thou art God, and thy words shall be true: for thou hast spoken to thy servant these good things.29And now begin, and bless the house of thy servant, that it may endure for ever before thee: because thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it, and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.…
Cross References
John 17:17
Sanctify them in truth. Thy word is truth.

Exodus 34:6
And when he passed before him, he said: O the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, patient and of much compassion, and true,

2 Samuel 7:27
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