1 Chronicles 17:25
For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
1 Chronicles 17:25 in other translations
| BSB | For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You. |
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| WEB | For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build him a house. Therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you. |
| ASV | For thou, O my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray before thee. |
| YLT | for Thou, O my God, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant--to build to him a house, therefore hath Thy servant found to pray before Thee. |
| DARBY | For thou, my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house; therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray before thee. |
| BBE | For you, O my God, have let your servant see that you will make him head of a line of kings; and so it has come into your servant's heart to make his prayer to you. |
| Webster | For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee. |
What does 1 Chronicles 17:25 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
1 Chronicles 17:25 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 17:25
- 1 Samuel 9:15
Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
- Psalms 10:17
Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
- 1 John 5:14-15
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
- Ezekiel 36:37
Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
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Context
- 1 Chronicles 17:24
Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
- 1 Chronicles 17:25
For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
- 1 Chronicles 17:26
And now, Lord, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
1 Chronicles 17:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque tú, Dios mío, revelaste al oído á tu siervo que le has de edificar casa; por eso ha hallado tu siervo motivo de orar delante de ti. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car toi, ô mon Dieu, tu as révélé à ton serviteur que tu lui bâtiras une maison; c’est pourquoi ton serviteur a trouvé dans son cœur de te présenter cette prière. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn du, mein Gott, hast dem Ohre deines Knechtes eröffnet, daß du ihm ein Haus bauen willst; darum hat dein Knecht sich ein Herz gefaßt, vor dir zu beten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tu enim, Domine Deus meus, revelasti auriculam servi tui, ut ædificares ei domum: et idcirco invenit servus tuus fiduciam, ut oret coram te. |