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For you know your servant,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/17.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“What more can I say to you about the way you have honored me? You know what your servant is really like.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And what more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />What can David <i>speak</i> more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />What more can David <i>say</i> to You for the honor of Your servant? For You know Your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />What more can David still <i>say</i> to You concerning the honor <i>bestowed</i> on Your servant? For You know Your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220What more can David still say to You concerning the honor bestowed on Your servant? For You know Your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“What more can David still <i>say</i> to Thee concerning the honor <i>bestowed</i> on Thy servant? For Thou knowest Thy servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Again what more can David <i>say</i> to You concerning the glory <i>bestowed</i> on Your slave? You know Your slave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />What more can David say to You for the honor <i>granted to</i> Your servant? For You know Your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />What more can David say to you for honoring your servant? You know your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? You know Your servant. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />What can David say yet more unto thee concerning the honor which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_chronicles/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I am your servant, and you know my thoughts. What else can I say, except that you have honored me? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />What can David say yet more unto thee concerning the honour which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"What more can I do for you in light of the honor [you have given] to me and since you know me so well!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />What more can I say to you! You know me well, and yet you honor me, your servant. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"What more can David say to you about how you are honoring your servant, and you surely know your servant. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />What more can David say to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />What can David say yet more to you concerning the honor which is done to your servant? For you know your servant, LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />What can David speak more to thee for the honor of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />What can David say yet more to you concerning the honor which is done to your servant? For you know your servant. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />What more does David add to You for the honor of Your servant; and You have known Your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'What doth David add more unto Thee for the honour of Thy servant; and Thou Thy servant hast known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />What more shall David add to thee to honor thy servant? for thou knewest thy servant.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />What can David add more, seeing thou hast thus glorified thy servant, and known him? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />What more can David add, since you have so glorified your servant, and have known him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />What more can David say to you? You have known your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And what more can David say to you for honoring your servant? You know your servant.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />What more can David boast to speak before thee? For the works of thy servant are known, O LORD God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And what more will David your Servant boast to speak before you? The works of your Servant are open to you, LORD OF LORDS!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />What can David say yet more unto Thee concerning the honour which is done to Thy servant? for Thou knowest Thy servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />What shall David do more toward thee to glorify <i>thee</i>? and thou knowest thy servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/17-18.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/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=5129" 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/1_chronicles/17.htm">David's Prayer of Thanksgiving</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God, You have spoken about the future of the house of Your servant and have regarded me as a man of great distinction, O LORD God. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">What</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: yō·w·sîp̄ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">more</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wîḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">can David</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·le·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- To, into, towards. ">say to You</a> <a href="/hebrew/3519.htm" title="3519: lə·ḵā·ḇō·wḏ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Rarely kabod; from kabad; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness.">for so honoring</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·de·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">Your servant?</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">For You</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏā·‘ə·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">know</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·də·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">Your servant,</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed all Your greatness.…<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="/2_samuel/7-18.htm">2 Samuel 7:18</a></span><br />Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-19.htm">2 Samuel 7:19</a></span><br />And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-20.htm">2 Samuel 7:20</a></span><br />What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-21.htm">2 Samuel 7:21</a></span><br />For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-22.htm">2 Samuel 7:22</a></span><br />How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-23.htm">2 Samuel 7:23</a></span><br />And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-24.htm">2 Samuel 7:24</a></span><br />For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-25.htm">2 Samuel 7:25</a></span><br />And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-26.htm">2 Samuel 7:26</a></span><br />so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-27.htm">2 Samuel 7:27</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-28.htm">2 Samuel 7:28</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="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-29.htm">2 Samuel 7:29</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/8-4.htm">Psalm 8:4</a></span><br />what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/144-3.htm">Psalm 144:3</a></span><br />O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a></span><br />“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">What can David speak more to you for the honor of your servant? for you know your servant.</p><p class="hdg">the honour</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/2-30.htm">1 Samuel 2:30</a></b></br> Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed <i>that</i> thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/7-20.htm">2 Samuel 7:20-24</a></b></br> And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant… </p><p class="hdg">thou knowest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a></b></br> But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for <i>the LORD seeth</i> not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/139-1.htm">Psalm 139:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known <i>me</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/21-17.htm">John 21:17</a></b></br> He saith unto him the third time, Simon, <i>son</i> of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/17-9.htm">Add</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-15.htm">Bestowed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-16.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-35.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-27.htm">Honor</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-3.htm">Honoring</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-29.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-30.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-7.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-15.htm">Speak</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/21-3.htm">Add</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-25.htm">Bestowed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-24.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-5.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/19-3.htm">Honor</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/19-3.htm">Honoring</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/19-3.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-17.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-19.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-10.htm">Speak</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-1.htm">Nathan first approving the purpose of David, to build God a house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-3.htm">after by the word of God forbids him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-11.htm">He promises him blessings and benefits in his seed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-16.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/1_chronicles/17.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_chronicles/17.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant?</b><br>David is expressing his humility and gratitude to God. This phrase reflects David's recognition of God's grace and favor in choosing him and his lineage for a significant role in Israel's history. The context is God's covenant with David, promising that his descendants would rule Israel, culminating in the eternal reign of Jesus Christ, the Son of David. This covenant is a pivotal moment in biblical history, establishing the Davidic line as central to God's redemptive plan. David's rhetorical question underscores his awe and the inadequacy of words to express his gratitude. This mirrors other biblical figures who express similar sentiments of unworthiness before God, such as Moses and Isaiah.<p><b>For You know Your servant,</b><br>This phrase highlights the intimate relationship between God and David. The acknowledgment that God knows David intimately suggests a deep personal relationship, which is a recurring theme in the Psalms attributed to David. It also implies God's omniscience, as He knows the hearts and minds of all people. This personal knowledge is comforting to David, as it assures him that God's promises are based on His understanding of David's character and faithfulness. The idea of being known by God is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus speaks of knowing His sheep (<a href="/john/10-14.htm">John 10:14</a>). This personal relationship is a type of the relationship believers have with Christ, who knows them intimately and intercedes on their behalf.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The second king of Israel, known for his deep relationship with God and his role in establishing Jerusalem as the political and spiritual center of Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who establishes covenants with His people and knows them intimately.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/nathan_the_prophet.htm">Nathan the Prophet</a></b><br>The prophet who conveyed God's message to David regarding the establishment of his dynasty.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where David established his kingdom and where God promised to establish David's lineage.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/davidic_covenant.htm">Davidic Covenant</a></b><br>The promise God made to David, ensuring that his lineage would endure forever, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_intimate_knowledge.htm">God's Intimate Knowledge</a></b><br>God knows us deeply and personally, just as He knew David. This should encourage us to live transparently before Him, trusting in His understanding and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_honor_of_service.htm">The Honor of Service</a></b><br>Serving God is an honor, not a burden. Like David, we should recognize the privilege of being called His servants and respond with gratitude and humility.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>God's promises are sure and steadfast. The Davidic Covenant reminds us of God's faithfulness to His word, encouraging us to trust in His promises for our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_fulfillment.htm">Legacy and Fulfillment</a></b><br>David's legacy points to Jesus, the ultimate fulfillment of God's promises. Our lives, too, can have a lasting impact when aligned with God's purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayerful_reflection.htm">Prayerful Reflection</a></b><br>David's response to God's promise was one of prayer and reflection. We should cultivate a habit of prayerful reflection, seeking God's will and expressing our gratitude.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 17</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_2_sam_10_18_and_1_chr_19_18.htm">How do we reconcile the discrepant figures between 2 Samuel 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 19:18 regarding the number of charioteers and horsemen defeated by David?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_1_chr_18_12_and_2_sam_8_13_differ.htm">Why does 1 Chronicles 18:12 credit Abishai with killing 18,000 Edomites, while 2 Samuel 8:13 attributes the same victory to David?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_1_chr_17_3-4_reverse_nathan's_ok.htm">Why does 1 Chronicles 17:3-4 reverse Nathan's initial approval (17:2) for David to build the temple, and does this indicate an inconsistency?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/david's_absence__align_or_contradict.htm">1 Chronicles 20:1: How does David's apparent absence during the battle align with or contradict other accounts of his military leadership?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) Samuel has the omitted "speak." (Comp. <a href="/psalms/120-3.htm" title="What shall be given to you? or what shall be done to you, you false tongue?">Psalm 120:3</a>.) The word translated "for the honour," may be a corruption of that for "to speak."<p><span class= "bld">Of thy servant?</span>--The Hebrew term is in the accusative case, and should be omitted as a mistaken repetition of the same word at the end of the verse.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thy servant</span>. The Septuagint Version has not got these words on their first occurrence. They may have found their way in wrongfully out of the next clause. They are not found in the parallel place. If they remain, they can mean nothing else than "How can David further acknowledge the honour conferred on thy servant," - a sense by no means far-fetched. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/17-18.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">What</span><br /><span class="heb">מַה־</span> <span class="translit">(mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">more</span><br /><span class="heb">יּוֹסִ֨יף</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·sîp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To add, augment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">can David</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּוִ֛יד</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">say to You</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<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">for so honoring</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכָב֣וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵā·ḇō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3519.htm">Strong's 3519: </a> </span><span class="str2">Weight, splendor, copiousness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your servant?</span><br /><span class="heb">עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḇ·de·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 /><br /><span class="word">For You</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַתָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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">know</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדָֽעְתָּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏā·‘ə·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your servant.</span><br /><span class="heb">עַבְדְּךָ֥</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/1_chronicles/17-18.htm">1 Chronicles 17:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/17-18.htm">1 Chronicles 17:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/17-18.htm">1 Chronicles 17:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/17-18.htm">1 Chronicles 17:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/17-18.htm">1 Chronicles 17:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/17-18.htm">1 Chronicles 17:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/17-18.htm">1 Chronicles 17:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/17-18.htm">1 Chronicles 17:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/17-18.htm">1 Chronicles 17:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/17-18.htm">1 Chronicles 17:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/17-18.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 17:18 What can David say yet more (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 17:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 17:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 17:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 17:19" /></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>