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Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For you are God, O Sovereign LORD. Your words are truth, and you have promised these good things to your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_samuel/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And now, O Lord GOD, thou <i>art</i> that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“And now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now then, Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are truth; and You have promised this good thing to Your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And now, O Lord GOD, Thou art God, and Thy words are truth, and Thou hast promised this good thing to Thy servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_samuel/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So now, O Lord Yahweh, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your slave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_samuel/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_samuel/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Lord GOD, you are God; your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Lord GOD, You are God; Your words are true, and You have promised this grace to Your servant. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_samuel/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And now, O Lord Jehovah, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_samuel/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />LORD All-Powerful, you are God. You have promised me some very good things, and you can be trusted to do what you promise. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_samuel/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And now, O Lord GOD, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_samuel/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Almighty LORD, you are God, and your words are trustworthy. You promised me this good thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_samuel/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"And now, Sovereign LORD, you are God; you always keep your promises, and you have made this wonderful promise to me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_samuel/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Now therefore, Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have spoken to your servant these good things. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_samuel/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_samuel/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now, O sovereign LORD, you are the true God! May your words prove to be true! You have made this good promise to your servant!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_samuel/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_samuel/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words are true, and thou hast promised this goodness to thy servant:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_samuel/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Now, O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And now, Lord YHWH, You [are] God Himself, and Your words are truth, and You speak this goodness to Your servant,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_samuel/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And now, Lord Jehovah, Thou art God Himself, and Thy words are truth, and Thou speakest unto Thy servant this goodness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_samuel/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And now, Lord Jehovah, thou that God, and thy words shall be true, and thou wilt speak to thy servant this goodness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_samuel/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And now, O Lord God, thou art God, and thy words shall be true: for thou hast spoken to thy servant these good things. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now therefore, O Lord God, you are God, and your words shall be true. For you have spoken to your servant these good things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Since you, Lord GOD, are truly God and your words are truth and you have made this generous promise to your servant,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And now, O LORD God, thou art God and thy words are true, for thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And now, LORD JEHOVAH God, you are God, and your words shall be true that you have spoken this goodness concerning your Servant<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_samuel/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And now, O Lord GOD, Thou alone art God, and Thy words are truth, and Thou hast promised this good thing unto Thy servant;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_samuel/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And now, O Lord my Lord, thou art God; and thy words will be true, and thou hast spoken these good things concerning thy servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/7-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=1965" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/7.htm">David's Prayer of Thanksgiving</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">27</span>For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You. <span class="reftext">28</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">And now,</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">O Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh- (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">are</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God!</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: ū·ḏə·ḇā·re·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">Your words</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">are</a> <a href="/hebrew/571.htm" title="571: ’ĕ·meṯ (N-fs) -- Firmness, faithfulness, truth. Contracted from 'aman; stability; certainty, truth, trustworthiness.">true,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: wat·tə·ḏab·bêr (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-2ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">and You have promised</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">goodness</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·də·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">Your servant.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> </span><span class="reftext">29</span>Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-56.htm">1 Kings 8:56</a></span><br />“Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-34.htm">Psalm 89:34</a></span><br />I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Numbers 23:19</a></span><br />God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a></span><br />so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-23.htm">Hebrews 10:23</a></span><br />Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/1-2.htm">Titus 1:2</a></span><br />in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/21-45.htm">Joshua 21:45</a></span><br />Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-89.htm">Psalm 119:89-90</a></span><br />Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens. / Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-8.htm">Isaiah 40:8</a></span><br />The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-25.htm">1 Peter 1:25</a></span><br />but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-21.htm">Romans 4:21</a></span><br />being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-24.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:24</a></span><br />The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">Deuteronomy 7:9</a></span><br />Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/33-4.htm">Psalm 33:4</a></span><br />For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is trustworthy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/17-17.htm">John 17:17</a></span><br />Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And now, O Lord GOD, you are that God, and your words be true, and you have promised this goodness to your servant:</p><p class="hdg">thy words</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Numbers 23:19</a></b></br> God <i>is</i> not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do <i>it</i>? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/17-17.htm">John 17:17</a></b></br> Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/titus/1-2.htm">Titus 1:2</a></b></br> In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/25-24.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-19.htm">Good</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-6.htm">Goodness</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-25.htm">Promised</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-27.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-22.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-21.htm">Speakest</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-6.htm">True.</a> <a href="/revelation/22-6.htm">Trustworthy</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-6.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-17.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/13-33.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-7.htm">Good</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-66.htm">Goodness</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-23.htm">Promised</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-29.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/psalms/68-20.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-29.htm">Speakest</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-3.htm">True.</a> <a href="/psalms/19-7.htm">Trustworthy</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-5.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-3.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-1.htm">Nathan, first approving the purpose of David to build God a house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-4.htm">After by the word of God forbids him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">God promises him benefits and blessings in his seed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-18.htm">David's prayer and thanksgiving</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_samuel/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And now, O Lord GOD, You are God!</b><br>This phrase acknowledges the sovereignty and divinity of God, emphasizing His unique position as the one true God. In the context of <a href="/2_samuel/7.htm">2 Samuel 7</a>, David is responding to God's covenant promise, recognizing God's authority and faithfulness. This echoes the Shema in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4</a>, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one," reinforcing the monotheistic belief central to Israel's faith. The use of "Lord GOD" (Adonai Yahweh) highlights both God's lordship and His covenant name, Yahweh, which signifies His eternal presence and faithfulness.<p><b>Your words are true,</b><br>David affirms the reliability and truthfulness of God's words. This reflects the biblical theme that God's promises are trustworthy and will be fulfilled, as seen in <a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Numbers 23:19</a>, "God is not man, that he should lie." The truth of God's words is a foundation for faith, as seen throughout Scripture, including Jesus' affirmation in <a href="/john/17-17.htm">John 17:17</a>, "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth." This assurance of truth is crucial for understanding the nature of divine revelation.<p><b>and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.</b><br>David refers to the specific promise God made to him earlier in the chapter, where God establishes a covenant with David, promising that his lineage will endure forever and that his kingdom will be established. This promise is a pivotal moment in biblical history, as it sets the stage for the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, who is often referred to as the "Son of David" (<a href="/matthew/1.htm">Matthew 1:1</a>). The "goodness" mentioned here can be seen as both the immediate blessings of a secure dynasty and the ultimate blessing of salvation through Christ. This promise is a continuation of God's covenantal faithfulness, seen in His promises to Abraham and Moses, and is fulfilled in the New Testament through Jesus, who establishes an eternal kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The King of Israel, a man after God's own heart, who is receiving God's covenant promise.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/nathan_the_prophet.htm">Nathan the Prophet</a></b><br>The prophet who delivers God's message to David regarding the establishment of his kingdom.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God who makes promises to David about his lineage and kingdom.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where David reigns as king and where God establishes His covenant with David.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_davidic_covenant.htm">The Davidic Covenant</a></b><br>The divine promise made by God to David, ensuring the establishment of his throne forever.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>God's promises are reliable and true. Just as He was faithful to David, He remains faithful to us today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_word.htm">The Power of God's Word</a></b><br>God's words are not just promises but are truth itself. We can trust His word in our lives as David did.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant.htm">The Importance of Covenant</a></b><br>Understanding the Davidic Covenant helps us see the continuity of God's plan through history, culminating in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/our_response_to_god's_promises.htm">Our Response to God's Promises</a></b><br>Like David, we should respond to God's promises with faith and gratitude, acknowledging His sovereignty and goodness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_light_of_god's_promises.htm">Living in the Light of God's Promises</a></b><br>Knowing that God's promises are true should encourage us to live confidently and obediently, trusting in His plan for our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reliable_is_the_urim_and_thummim_claim.htm">Exodus 28:30: How reliable is the claim about the Urim and Thummim, given the lack of concrete archeological evidence or consistent references elsewhere?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_forbid_david_from_building.htm">In 1 Chronicles 28:3, why would a God of peace forbid David from building the temple simply because he had shed blood, yet historically use wars and conquests to establish Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_ezekiel_37_25-28_fulfilled_today.htm">How can Ezekiel 37:25-28's everlasting covenant and sanctuary be understood when there seems to be no clear historical or present-day fulfillment matching this depiction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_psalm_41_11_with_defeat.htm">If Psalm 41:11 suggests triumph over enemies is evidence of God's favor, how can it be reconciled with godly individuals who appear to be defeated?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 28.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And now, O Lord God, thou art that God.</span> The pronoun rendered "that" is really a personal pronoun used as the copula, which the Authorized Version inserts in italics. As this grammatical usage, which is common to all the Semitic languages, was not understood at the time when our version was made, we find all the parts of the verb "to be" constantly printed in italics, as though absent, while really they are expressed in the Oriental way. This has the advantage, however, of reminding the reader that wherever the verb "to be" is printed in Roman characters it has a much stronger meaning than the mere union of subject and predicate. Thus in <a href="/genesis/1-2.htm">Genesis 1:2</a> the first "was," in Roman type, means "existed," or possibly "became;" the second "was," in italics, is simply the copula. Here the correct translation is, <span class="accented">And now, O Lord Jehovah, thou art the God</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the one real, true God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/7-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And now,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> </span><span class="str2">At this time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוִ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּה־</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are</span><br /><span class="heb">הוּא֙</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God!</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your words</span><br /><span class="heb">וּדְבָרֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḏə·ḇā·re·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are</span><br /><span class="heb">יִהְי֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">true,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱמֶ֑ת</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·meṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_571.htm">Strong's 571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and You have promised</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתְּדַבֵּר֙</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tə·ḏab·bêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֹּֽאת׃</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">goodness</span><br /><span class="heb">הַטּוֹבָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pleasant, agreeable, good</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶֽל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your servant.</span><br /><span class="heb">עַבְדְּךָ֔</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḇ·də·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> </span><span class="str2">Slave, servant</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/7-28.htm">2 Samuel 7:28 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/7-28.htm">2 Samuel 7:28 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/7-28.htm">2 Samuel 7:28 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/7-28.htm">2 Samuel 7:28 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/7-28.htm">2 Samuel 7:28 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/7-28.htm">2 Samuel 7:28 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/7-28.htm">2 Samuel 7:28 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/7-28.htm">2 Samuel 7:28 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/7-28.htm">2 Samuel 7:28 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_samuel/7-28.htm">2 Samuel 7:28 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_samuel/7-28.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 7:28 Now O Lord Yahweh you are God (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/7-27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 7:27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 7:27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/7-29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 7:29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 7:29" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>