1 Chronicles 17 · Verse 16

1 Chronicles 17:16

And David the king came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
1 Chronicles 17:16, King James Version

1 Chronicles 17:16 in other translations

BSBThen King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
WEBThen David the king went in and sat before the LORD; and he said, “Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?
ASVThen David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
YLTAnd David the king cometh in and sitteth before Jehovah, and saith, ‘Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto?
DARBYAnd king David went in and sat before Jehovah, and said, Who am I, Jehovah Elohim, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
BBEThen David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?
WebsterAnd David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

What does 1 Chronicles 17:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. David the king ... sat before the Lord, and said--(See on 2Sa 7:18).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 And what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? - I am not of any regal family, and have no natural right to the throne.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 17:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּבֹא֙vai.ya.Vo'and he wentH935
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
דָּוִ֔ידda.VidDavidH1732
וַיֵּ֖שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he satH3427
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
מִֽי\־mi-who?H4310
אֲנִ֞י'a.Ni[am] IH589
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimGodH430
וּמִ֣יu.Miand who?H4310
בֵיתִ֔יvei.Ti[is] house myH1004
כִּ֥יkithatH3588
הֲבִיאֹתַ֖נִיha.vi.'o.Ta.niyou have brought meH935
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
הֲלֹֽם\׃ha.LomhereH1988

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 17:16

  • 2 Samuel 7:18

    Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

  • Genesis 32:10

    I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

  • Ephesians 3:8

    Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

  • Psalms 144:3

    Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

  • 1 Samuel 9:21

    And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

  • 1 Samuel 7:12

    Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben–ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:10

    Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

  • Genesis 48:15-16

    And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

  • Acts 26:22

    Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

  • Judges 6:15

    And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.

  • 2 Kings 19:14

    And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sat before.
2Sa 7:18; 2Ki 19:14
Who am I.
Ge 32:10; Ps 144:3; Eph 3:8
what is.
Jud 6:15; 1Sa 9:21
that thou hast.
Ge 48:15,16; 1Sa 7:12; Ac 26:22; 2Co 1:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Chronicles 17:15

    According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

  • 1 Chronicles 17:16

    And David the king came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

  • 1 Chronicles 17:17

    And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God.

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1 Chronicles 17:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y entró el rey David, y estuvo delante de Jehová, y dijo: Jehová Dios, ¿quién soy yo, y cuál es mi casa, que me has traído hasta este lugar?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le roi David entra et s’assit devant l’ Éternel, et dit: Qui suis-je, Éternel Dieu! et quelle est ma maison, que tu m’aies amené jusqu’ici?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da ging der König David hinein und setzte sich vor Jehova nieder und sprach: Wer bin ich, Jehova Gott, und was ist mein Haus, daß du mich bis hierher gebracht hast?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cumque venisset rex David, et sedisset coram Domino, dixit: Quis ego sum, Domine Deus, et quæ domus mea, ut præstares mihi talia?