These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
2 Samuel 7
Tanakh 29 verses
- 1 And it came to pass, when the dwelt in his house, and had given him rest from all his enemies round about,
- 2 that the said unto Nathan the : ‘See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the of dwelleth within curtains.’
- 3 And Nathan said to the : ‘Go, do all that is in thy ; for is with thee.’
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And it came to pass the same night, that the of came unto Nathan, saying:
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Go and tell My : Thus saith : Shalt thou build Me a house for Me to dwell in?
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- 6 for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of out of , even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a .
- 7 In all places wherein I have walked among all the children of , spoke I a with any of the tribes of , whom I commanded to feed My people , saying: Why have ye not built Me a house of cedar?
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Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto My : Thus saith of hosts: I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over My people, over .
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- 9 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou didst go, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a great , like unto the of the great ones that are in the earth.
- 10 And I will appoint a place for My people , and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be disquieted no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,
- 11 even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people ; and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover telleth thee that will make thee a house.
- 12 When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy body, and I will establish his .
- 13 He shall build a house for My , and I will establish the throne of his for ever.
- 14 I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son; if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
- 15 but My shall not depart from him, as I took it from , whom I put away before thee.
- 16 And thy house and thy shall be made sure for ever before thee; thy throne shall be established for ever.’
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According to all these words, and according to all this , so did Nathan speak unto .
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- 18 Then the went in, and sat before ; and he said: ‘Who am I, O , and what is my house, that Thou hast brought me thus far?
- 19 And this was yet a small thing in Thine eyes, O ; but Thou hast spoken also of Thy servant’s house for a great while to come; and this too after the manner of great men, O .
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And what can say more unto Thee? for Thou knowest Thy , O .
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- 21 For Thy word’s sake, and according to Thine own , hast Thou wrought all this greatness, to make Thy it.
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Therefore Thou art great, O ; for there is none like Thee, neither is there any beside Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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Exodus 15:11 Deuteronomy 3:24 1 Chronicles 16:25 Psalm 86:10 Psalm 86:8 Micah 7:18 1 Samuel 2:2 Isaiah 45:5 Psalm 89:8 Deuteronomy 4:35 Psalm 96:4 Psalm 89:6 Psalm 48:1 Deuteronomy 32:39 Isaiah 40:18 2 Chronicles 2:5 Jeremiah 10:6-7 Psalm 135:5 Psalm 145:3 Psalm 44:1 Ezekiel 36:22 Ezekiel 36:32 Isaiah 40:25 Exodus 10:2 Isaiah 45:22 Isaiah 45:18 -
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And who is like Thy people, like , a nation one in the earth, whom went to redeem unto Himself for a people, and to make Him a , and to do for Thy land great things and tremendous, even for you, [in driving out] from before Thy people, whom Thou didst redeem to Thee out of , the nations and their Elohims?
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Deuteronomy 10:21 Deuteronomy 9:26 Nehemiah 1:10 Deuteronomy 15:15 Psalm 147:20 Psalm 111:9 Deuteronomy 33:29 Psalm 40:5 Ezekiel 20:9 1 Peter 2:9 Exodus 9:16 Ephesians 1:6 Psalm 66:3 Deuteronomy 4:7-8 Exodus 3:7-8 Psalm 65:5 Numbers 14:13-14 Deuteronomy 4:32-38 1 Chronicles 17:21 Exodus 19:5-6 Romans 3:1-2 Psalm 106:22 Titus 2:14 Joshua 7:9 Isaiah 63:7-14 Revelation 5:9 Psalm 145:6 Exodus 12:12 - 24 And Thou didst establish to Thyself Thy people to be a people unto Thee for ever; and Thou, , becamest their .
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And now, O , the that Thou hast spoken concerning Thy , and concerning his house, confirm Thou it for ever, and do as Thou hast spoken.
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And let Thy be magnified for ever, that it may be said: The of hosts is over ; and the house of Thy shall be established before Thee.
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For Thou, O of hosts, the of , hast revealed to Thy , saying: I will build thee a house; therefore hath Thy taken to pray this prayer unto Thee.
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And now, O , Thou alone art , and Thy words are , and Thou hast promised this good thing unto Thy ;
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now therefore let it please Thee to the house of Thy , that it may continue for ever before Thee; for Thou, O , hast spoken it; and through Thy let the house of Thy be blessed for ever.’
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