Verse 27
1 Chronicles 17:27
Geneva Bible
27
Now therfore, it hath pleased thee to blesse the house of thy seruant, that it may bee before thee for euer: for thou, O Lord, hast blessed it, and it shalbe blessed for euer.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֗ה הוֹאַ֨לְתָּ֙ לְ/בָרֵךְ֙ אֶת בֵּ֣ית עַבְדְּ/ךָ֔ לִ/הְי֥וֹת לְ/עוֹלָ֖ם לְ/פָנֶ֑י/ךָ כִּֽי אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ בֵּרַ֔כְתָּ וּ/מְבֹרָ֖ךְ לְ/עוֹלָֽם
English Translation
And now you have chosen to bless your servant's house to be forever before you, for you, O LORD, have blessed it, and it is blessed forever.
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Chapter 17 Context
1
Nowe afterward when Dauid dwelt in his house, he saide to Nathan the Prophet, Beholde, I dwell in an...
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Then Nathan said to Dauid, Do all that is in thine heart: for God (Elohim) is with thee.
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And the same night euen the word of God (Elohim) came to Nathan, saying,
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Goe, and tell Dauid my seruant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not buylde me an house to dwell in:
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For I haue dwelt in no house, since the day that I brought out the childre of Israel vnto this daye,...
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6
Wheresoeuer I haue walked with all Israel spake I one word to any of the iudges of Israel (whome I c...
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7
Nowe therefore thus shalt thou say vnto my seruant Dauid, Thus saith the Lord of hostes, I tooke the...
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And I haue bene with thee whithersoeuer thou hast walked, and haue destroyed all thine enemies out o...
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9
(Also I will appoynt a place for my people Israel, and will plant it, that they may dwell in their p...
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10
And since the time that I commanded iudges ouer my people Israel) And I wil subdue all thine enemies...
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11
And when thy dayes shalbe fulfilled to go with thy fathers, then will I rayse vp thy seede after the...
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12
He shall builde me an house, and I will stablish his throne for euer.
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13
I wil be his father, and he shalbe my sonne, aud I will not take my mercie away from him, as I tooke...
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14
But I wil establish him in mine house, and in my kingdome for euer, and his throne shalbe stablished...
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15
According to all these wordes, and according to al this vision. So Nathan spake to Dauid.
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16
And Dauid the King went in and sate before the Lord and said, Who am I, O Lord God (Elohim), and wha...
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17
Yet thou esteeming this a small thing, O God (Elohim), hast also spoken concerning the house of thy...
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18
What can Dauid desire more of thee for the honour of thy seruant? for thou knowest thy seruant.
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19
O Lord, for thy seruantes sake, euen according to thine heart hast thou done all this great thing to...
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20
Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God (Elohim) besides thee, according to all that...
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21
Moreouer what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whose God (Elohim) went to redeeme...
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22
For thou hast ordeined thy people Israel to be thine owne people for euer, and thou Lord art become...
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23
Therefore nowe Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy seruant and concerning his h...
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24
And let thy name be stable and magnified for euer, that it may be sayd, The Lord of hostes, God (Elo...
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For thou, O my God (Elohim), hast reueiled vnto the eare of thy seruant, that thou wilt builde him a...
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26
Therefore nowe Lord (for thou art God (Elohim), and hast spoken this goodnesse vnto thy seruant)
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Now therfore, it hath pleased thee to blesse the house of thy seruant, that it may bee before thee f...