Verse 18
1 Chronicles 17:18
Literal Standard Version
18
What more does David add to You for the honor of Your servant; and You have known Your servant.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מַה יּוֹסִ֨יף ע֥וֹד דָּוִ֛יד אֵלֶ֖י/ךָ לְ/כָב֣וֹד אֶת עַבְדֶּ֑/ךָ וְ/אַתָּ֖ה אֶֽת עַבְדְּ/ךָ֥ יָדָֽעְתָּ
English Translation
What more will David add to glorify your servant, and you know your servant?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 17 Context
1
And it comes to pass as David sat in his house, that David says to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I am...
Focus ↗
2
and Nathan says to David, “All that is in your heart do, for God (Elohim) is with you.”
Focus ↗
3
And it comes to pass on that night that a word of God (Elohim) is to Nathan, saying,
Focus ↗
4
“Go, and you have said to My servant David, Thus said YHWH: You do not build for Me the house to dwe...
Focus ↗
5
For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel until this day, and I am going...
Focus ↗
6
Wherever I have walked up and down among all Israel, have I spoken a word with one of the judges of...
Focus ↗
7
And now, thus you say to My servant, to David, Thus said YHWH of Hosts: I have taken you from the ha...
Focus ↗
8
and I am with you wherever you have walked, and I cut off all your enemies from your presence, and h...
Focus ↗
9
And I have prepared a place for My people Israel, and planted it, and it has dwelt in its place, and...
Focus ↗
10
indeed, even from the days that I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I have humbled all you...
Focus ↗
11
And it has come to pass, when your days have been fulfilled to go with your fathers, that I have rai...
Focus ↗
12
he builds a house for Me, and I have established his throne for all time;
Focus ↗
13
I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son, and I do not turn aside My kindness from him as...
Focus ↗
14
and I have established him in My house, and in My kingdom for all time, and his throne is establishe...
Focus ↗
15
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spoke Nathan to David.
Focus ↗
16
And David the king comes in and sits before YHWH, and says, “Who am I, O YHWH God (Elohim), and what...
Focus ↗
17
And this is small in Your eyes, O God (Elohim), and You speak concerning the house of Your servant f...
Focus ↗
18
What more does David add to You for the honor of Your servant; and You have known Your servant.
19
O YHWH, for Your servant’s sake, and according to Your own heart You have done all this greatness, t...
Focus ↗
20
O YHWH, there is none like You, and there is no god except You, according to all that we have heard...
Focus ↗
21
And who is as Your people Israel, one nation in the earth whom God (Elohim) has gone to ransom to Hi...
Focus ↗
22
Indeed, You appoint Your people Israel to Yourself for a people for all time, and You, O YHWH, have...
Focus ↗
23
And now, O YHWH, let the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant, and concerning his house...
Focus ↗
24
and let it be steadfast, and Your Name is great for all time, saying, YHWH of Hosts, God (Elohim) of...
Focus ↗
25
for You, O my God (Elohim), have uncovered the ear of Your servant—to build a house for him, therefo...
Focus ↗
26
And now, YHWH, You are God (Elohim) Himself, and You speak this goodness concerning Your servant;
Focus ↗
27
and now, You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, to be before You for all time; fo...
Focus ↗