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For you have spoken, and when you grant a blessing to your servant, O Sovereign LORD, it is an eternal blessing!” <a href="/esv/2_samuel/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> Now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever.” <a href="/bsb/2_samuel/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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.” <a href="/kjv/2_samuel/7.htm">King James Bible</a> Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. <a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/7.htm">New King James Version</a> Now therefore, let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for You, O Lord GOD, have spoken it, and with Your blessing let the house of Your servant be blessed forever.” <a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And now, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, so that it may continue forever before You. For You, Lord GOD, have spoken; and with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever.” <a href="/nasb/2_samuel/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Now 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 may the house of Your servant be blessed forever.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Now therefore, may it please Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that it may continue forever before Thee. For Thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken; and with Thy blessing may the house of Thy servant be blessed forever.” <a href="/lsb/2_samuel/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So now, be pleased and bless the house of Your slave, that it may be forever before You. For You, O Lord Yahweh, have spoken; and with Your blessing may the house of Your slave be blessed forever.” <a href="/amp/2_samuel/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Therefore now, may it please You to bless the house (royal dynasty) of Your servant, so that it may continue forever before You; for You, O Lord GOD, have spoken it, and with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever.” <a href="/csb/2_samuel/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Now, please bless your servant’s house so that it will continue before you forever. For you, Lord GOD, have spoken, and with your blessing your servant’s house will be blessed forever. <a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Now, please bless Your servant&#8217s house so that it will continue before You forever. For You, Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing Your servant&#8217s house will be blessed forever. <a href="/asv/2_samuel/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord Jehovah, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. <a href="/cev/2_samuel/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Please bless my descendants and let them always be your chosen kings. You have already promised, and I'm sure that you will bless my family forever. <a href="/erv/2_samuel/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. <a href="/gwt/2_samuel/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Now, please bless my house so that it may continue in your presence forever. Indeed, you, Almighty LORD, have promised it. With your blessing my house will be blessed forever." <a href="/gnt/2_samuel/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> I ask you to bless my descendants so that they will continue to enjoy your favor. You, Sovereign LORD, have promised this, and your blessing will rest on my descendants forever." <a href="/isv/2_samuel/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> So may it please you to bless the household of your servant, so that it might remain forever in your presence, because you, Lord GOD, have spoken, and from your blessing may the household of your servant be blessed forever." <a href="/msb/2_samuel/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.” <a href="/net/2_samuel/7.htm">NET Bible</a> Now be willing to bless your servant's dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O sovereign LORD, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant's dynasty be blessed on into the future!" <a href="/nheb/2_samuel/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord GOD, have spoken it. Let the house of your servant be blessed forever with your blessing." <a href="/wbt/2_samuel/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. <a href="/web/2_samuel/7.htm">World English Bible</a> Now therefore, let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord Yahweh, have spoken it. Let the house of your servant be blessed forever with your blessing.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and now, begin and bless the house of Your servant, to be before You for all time, for You, Lord YHWH, have spoken, and by Your blessing the house of Your servant is blessed for all time.” <a href="/ylt/2_samuel/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And now, begin and bless the house of Thy servant, to be unto the age before Thee, for Thou, Lord Jehovah, hast spoken, and by Thy blessing is the house of Thy servant blessed -- to the age.' <a href="/slt/2_samuel/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And now be willing and bless the house of thy servant to be forever before thee: for thou, Lord Jehovah, spakest: and from thy blessing the house of thy servant shall be blessed forever.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_samuel/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And 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. <a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, begin, and bless the house of your servant, so that it may be forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken. And so, let the house of your servant be blessed with your blessing forever.” <a href="/nabre/2_samuel/7.htm">New American Bible</a> do, then, bless the house of your servant, that it may be in your presence forever—since you, Lord GOD, have promised, and by your blessing the house of your servant shall be blessed forever.” <a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you; for you, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O LORD God, hast spoken it; and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. <a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Therefore forgive and bless the house of your Servant, that it shall be in your presence for eternity, because you are LORD JEHOVAH God! You have spoken, and from your blessing the house of your Servant will be blessed until eternity!” <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_samuel/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> now therefore let it please Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that it may continue for ever before Thee; for Thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it; and through Thy blessing let the house of Thy servant be blessed for ever.' <a href="/sep/2_samuel/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And now begin and bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord, my Lord, hast spoken, and the house of thy servant shall be blessed with thy blessing so as to continue for ever. <a href="/parallel/2_samuel/7-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=1974" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/7.htm">David's Prayer of Thanksgiving</a> …28And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant. 29<a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">Now therefore,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2974.htm" title="2974: hō·w·’êl (V-Hifil-Imp-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to yield, especially assent; hence To undertake as an act of volition.">may it please You</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: ū·ḇā·rêḵ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-Imp-ms) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">to bless</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/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·də·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">of Your servant,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: lih·yō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">that it may continue</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: lə·‘ō·w·lām (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">forever</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before You.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You,</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/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·bar·tā (V-Piel-Perf-2ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">have spoken,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1293.htm" title="1293: ū·mib·bir·ḵā·ṯə·ḵā (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A blessing. From barak; benediction; by implication prosperity.">and with Your blessing</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ- (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·də·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">of Your servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: yə·ḇō·raḵ (V-Pual-Imperf-3ms) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">will be blessed forever.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: lə·‘ō·w·lām (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. "></a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-27.htm">1 Chronicles 17:27</a> So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.” <a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2-3</a> I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” <a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17-18</a> I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. / And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” <a href="/exodus/32-13.htm">Exodus 32:13</a> Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’” <a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Numbers 23:19</a> 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? <a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">Deuteronomy 7:9</a> 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. <a href="/1_kings/8-56.htm">1 Kings 8:56</a> “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. <a href="/psalms/89-3.htm">Psalm 89:3-4</a> You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant: / ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah <a href="/psalms/89-28.htm">Psalm 89:28-29</a> I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast. / I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. <a href="/psalms/132-11.htm">Psalm 132:11-12</a> The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne. / If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.” <a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm">Isaiah 55:3</a> Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David. <a href="/jeremiah/33-14.htm">Jeremiah 33:14-17</a> Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. / In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land. / In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness. ... <a href="/ezekiel/37-24.htm">Ezekiel 37:24-25</a> My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes. / They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever. <a href="/matthew/1-1.htm">Matthew 1:1</a> This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: <a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a> He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Therefore now let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue for ever before you: for you, O Lord GOD, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed for ever.<a href="/numbers/6-24.htm">Numbers 6:24-26</a> The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: … <a href="/1_chronicles/17-27.htm">1 Chronicles 17:27</a> Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.<a href="/psalms/115-12.htm">Psalm 115:12-15</a> The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron… for ever<a href="/2_samuel/22-51.htm">2 Samuel 22:51</a> He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/6-20.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-18.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-11.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-28.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-27.htm">Family</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-26.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-27.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-48.htm">Line</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-14.htm">Please</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-36.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-13.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-28.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-19.htm">Servant's</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-19.htm">Sight</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/8-10.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-25.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-25.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-11.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-1.htm">Family</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-51.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-1.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-2.htm">Line</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-5.htm">Please</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-27.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-26.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-6.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-35.htm">Servant's</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-12.htm">Sight</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 7</div>1. <a href="/2_samuel/7-1.htm">Nathan, first approving the purpose of David to build God a house</a> 4. <a href="/2_samuel/7-4.htm">After by the word of God forbids him</a> 12. <a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">God promises him benefits and blessings in his seed</a> 18. <a href="/2_samuel/7-18.htm">David's prayer and thanksgiving</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/2_samuel/7.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>Now therefore This phrase serves as a transition, indicating a response to the preceding promises God made to David through the prophet Nathan. It reflects a posture of humility and readiness to act upon God's word. In Hebrew, the word "now" (וְעַתָּה, ve'atah) often signifies a turning point or a moment of decision, emphasizing the immediacy and importance of the request.may it please You This phrase is a respectful appeal to God's will and favor. The Hebrew root "רָצָה" (ratsah) conveys the idea of acceptance or delight. David is not demanding but is humbly seeking God's gracious approval, acknowledging that all blessings come from God's sovereign pleasure.to bless The Hebrew word for "bless" is "בָּרַךְ" (barak), which means to endow with power for success, prosperity, and longevity. In the biblical context, blessing is a divine favor that results in well-being and fruitfulness. David is asking for God's continued favor upon his lineage.the house of Your servant "House" (בַּיִת, bayit) here refers not just to a physical dwelling but to David's dynasty and descendants. The term "servant" (עֶבֶד, eved) underscores David's humility and his role as one who serves God. This reflects the covenantal relationship where David acknowledges his position before God.so that it may continue forever before You The phrase "continue forever" (עַד־עוֹלָם, ad-olam) speaks to the eternal nature of God's promise. David desires that his dynasty remain in God's presence perpetually. The concept of "before You" indicates living in alignment with God's will and under His watchful care.For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken This statement is a declaration of faith in God's word. The use of "Lord GOD" (יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים, Yahweh Elohim) combines God's covenant name with His title as the supreme deity, emphasizing His authority and faithfulness. David's confidence is rooted in the reliability of God's spoken promise.and with Your blessing Here, David acknowledges that any success or continuation of his house is contingent upon God's blessing. The repetition of "blessing" reinforces its importance and the dependency of human endeavors on divine favor.the house of Your servant will be blessed forever This final phrase reiterates the eternal nature of the blessing sought. The assurance of being "blessed forever" (בָּרוּךְ עַד־עוֹלָם, baruch ad-olam) is a testament to God's unchanging promise and the enduring legacy of David's line, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the eternal King from David's lineage.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) Let it please thee.--These words may be taken either in the optative, as in our Version, or better in the future, constituting a prophecy based upon the promise, "It will please thee." Compare a similar possibility in the translation of the last clause of the Te Deum, "Let me never," or "I shall never be confounded."Several of the Psalms have been referred by various writers to this point in David's life; but while many of them take their key-note from the promise now made, and which was ever fresh in David's thought, none of them have notes of time definitely determining them to the present occasion, unless it be Ps. ex., which seems like an inspired interpretation of the promise of the perpetuity of his kingdom, and at the same time might have taken its "local colouring" from his recent successful wars.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 29. - Let it please thee to bless; or, begin and bless. Literally, the verb signifies to make up the mind and set about the doing of the thing purposed. Thus David prays that the blessing may now at once begin to take effect. It is often rendered "please" in our version, because the verb is one used only of a determination resolved upon of the free will of the purposer. Its force is well seen in <a href="/job/6-9.htm">Job 6:9</a>, where what Job prays for is that God would deliberate no longer, but decide the matter and set about destroying him. The Authorized Version was led, by the use of this verse "please," to adopt the optative form. Really, it is the language of firm faith, and should be rendered, And now [there is no "therefore"] begin of thy own good will, and bless the house of thy servant. <a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/7-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Now therefore, וְעַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> At this time may it please You הוֹאֵל֙ (hō·w·’êl) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2974.htm">Strong's 2974: </a> To show willingness, be pleased, determine, undertake (to do anything) to bless וּבָרֵךְ֙ (ū·ḇā·rêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Your servant, עַבְדְּךָ֔ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant that it may continue לִהְי֥וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be forever לְעוֹלָ֖ם (lə·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always before You. לְפָנֶ֑יךָ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction You, אַתָּ֞ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you O Lord אֲדֹנָ֤י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord GOD, יְהוִה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH have spoken, דִּבַּ֔רְתָּ (dib·bar·tā) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue and with Your blessing וּמִבִּרְכָ֣תְךָ֔ (ū·mib·bir·ḵā·ṯə·ḵā) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1293.htm">Strong's 1293: </a> Benediction, prosperity the house בֵּֽית־ (bêṯ-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Your servant עַבְדְּךָ֖ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant will be blessed forever. יְבֹרַ֥ךְ (yə·ḇō·raḵ) Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/7-29.htm">2 Samuel 7:29 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_samuel/7-29.htm">2 Samuel 7:29 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_samuel/7-29.htm">2 Samuel 7:29 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_samuel/7-29.htm">2 Samuel 7:29 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_samuel/7-29.htm">2 Samuel 7:29 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/7-29.htm">2 Samuel 7:29 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/7-29.htm">2 Samuel 7:29 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/7-29.htm">2 Samuel 7:29 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/7-29.htm">2 Samuel 7:29 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_samuel/7-29.htm">2 Samuel 7:29 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-29.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 7:29 Now therefore let it please you (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/7-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 7:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 7:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/8-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 8:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 8:1" /></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>