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2 Samuel 7 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:1 - And it cometh to pass, when the king sat in his house, and Jehovah hath given rest to him round about, from all his enemies,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:2 - that the king saith unto Nathan the prophet, 'See, I pray thee, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of God is dwelling in the midst of the curtain.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:3 - And Nathan saith unto the king, 'All that is in thine heart -- go, do, for Jehovah is with thee.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:4 - And it cometh to pass in that night, that the word of Jehovah is unto Nathan, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:5 - 'Go, and thou hast said unto My servant, unto David, Thus said Jehovah, Dost thou build for Me a house for My dwelling in?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:6 - for I have not dwelt in a house even from the day of My bringing up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even unto this day, and am walking up and down in a tent and in a tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - During all the time that I have walked up and down among all the sons of Israel, a word have I spoken with one of the tribes of Israel which I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, 'Why have ye not built to Me a house of cedars?

God's Covenant with David

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - and now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David: 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the comely place, from after the flock, to be leader over My people, over Israel;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:9 - and I am with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a great name, as the name of the great ones who are in the earth,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:10 - and I have appointed a place for My people, for Israel, and have planted it, and it hath tabernacled in its place, and it is not troubled any more, and the sons of perverseness do not add to afflict it any more, as in the beginning,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:11 - even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I have given rest to thee from all thine enemies, and Jehovah hath declared to thee that Jehovah doth make for thee a house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:12 - 'When thy days are full, and thou hast lain with thy fathers, then I have raised up thy seed after thee which goeth out from thy bowels, and have established his kingdom;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:13 - He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:15 - and My kindness doth not turn aside from him, as I turned it aside from Saul, whom I turned aside from before thee,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:16 - and stedfast is thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:17 - According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spake Nathan unto David.

David's Prayer

(1Ch 17:16–27 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:18 - And king David cometh in and sitteth before Jehovah, and saith, 'Who am I, Lord Jehovah? and what my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:19 - And yet this is little in Thine eyes, Lord Jehovah, and Thou dost speak also concerning the house of Thy servant afar off; and this is the law of the Man, Lord Jehovah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:20 - And what doth David add more to speak unto Thee? and Thou, Thou hast known Thy servant, Lord Jehovah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:21 - Because of Thy word, and according to Thy heart, Thou hast done all this greatness, to cause Thy servant to know it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:22 - Therefore Thou hast been great, Jehovah God, for there is none like Thee, and there is no God save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:23 - 'And who is as Thy people, as Israel -- one nation in the earth, whom God hath gone to redeem to Him for a people, and to make for Him a name -- and to do for you the greatness -- even fearful things for Thy land, at the presence of Thy people, whom Thou hast redeemed to Thee out of Egypt -- among the nations and their gods?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:24 - Yea, Thou dost establish to Thee Thy people Israel, to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, Jehovah, hast been to them for God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:25 - 'And now, Jehovah God, the word which Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant, and concerning his house, establish unto the age, and do as Thou hast spoken;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:26 - And Thy Name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts is God over Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:27 - For Thou, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant, saying, A house I build for thee, therefore hath Thy servant found his heart to pray unto Thee this prayer;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:28 - And now, Lord Jehovah, Thou art God Himself, and Thy words are truth, and Thou speakest unto Thy servant this goodness,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:29 - 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.'
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