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2 Samuel 7:28

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7:28Now, O sovereign Lord, you are the true God!49 May your words prove to be true!50 You have made this good promise to your servant!51

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2 Samuel 7:28: And now, O LORD God, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

Footnotes

  1. 49 Heb “the God.” The article indicates uniqueness here.
  2. 50 The translation understands the prefixed verb form as a jussive, indicating David’s wish/prayer. Another option is to take the form as an imperfect and translate “your words are true.”
  3. 51 Heb “and you have spoken to your servant this good thing.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Sovereign Lord, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Lord God, you are God; your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

NLTNew Living Translation

For you are God, O Sovereign Lord. Your words are truth, and you have promised these good things to your servant.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now, my Lord Yahweh, you alone are God, and your words are true. You have promised this good to your servant.

KJV 1900King James Version

And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: