2 Samuel 7:23
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
2 Samuel 7:23 in other translations
| BSB | And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt. |
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| WEB | What one nation on the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make himself a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeemed to yourself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods? |
| ASV | And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, whom thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods? |
| YLT | ‘And who is as Thy people, as Israel--one nation in the earth, whom God hath gone to redeem to Him for a people, and to make for Him a name--and to do for you the greatness--even fearful things for Thy land, at the presence of Thy people, whom Thou hast redeemed to Thee out of Egypt-- among the nations and their gods? |
| DARBY | And who is like thy people, like Israel, the one nation in the earth that God went to redeem to be a people to himself, and to make himself a name, and to do for them great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thyself from Egypt, from the nations and theirgods? |
| BBE | And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people? |
| Webster | And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? |
What does 2 Samuel 7:23 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 7:18-29
David's prayer is full of the breathings of devout affection toward God. He had low thoughts of his own merits. All we have, must be looked upon as Divine gifts. He speaks very highly and honourably of the Lord's favours to him. Considering what the character and condition of man is, we may be amazed that God should deal with him as he does. The promise of Christ includes all; if the Lord God be ours, what more can…
2 Samuel 7:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 7:23
- Deuteronomy 9:26
I prayed therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
- Deuteronomy 10:21
He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
- Psalms 147:20
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.
- Nehemiah 1:10
Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
- Deuteronomy 15:15
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
- Deuteronomy 33:29
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
- Psalms 111:9
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
- Ezekiel 20:9
But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
- Psalms 40:5
Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
- Deuteronomy 4:32-38
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him. …
- Psalms 145:6
And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
- Ephesians 1:6
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 4:7,8,32-34; 33:29; Ps 147:20; Ro 3:1,2
went.
Ex 3:7,8; 19:5,6; Nu 14:13,14; Ps 111:9; Isa 63:7-14; Tit 2:14
1Pe 2:9; Re 5:9
make him.
Ex 9:16; Jos 7:9; 1Ch 17:21; Isa 63:12,14; Eze 20:9; Eph 1:6
great things.
De 10:21; Ps 40:5; 65:5; 66:3; 106:22; 145:6
thy people.
De 9:26; 15:15; Ne 1:10
nations and their gods.
Ex 12:12
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Context
- 2 Samuel 7:22
Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- 2 Samuel 7:23
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
- 2 Samuel 7:24
For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, Lord, art become their God.
2 Samuel 7:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Y quién como tu pueblo, como Israel, en la tierra? una gente por amor de la cual Dios fuese á redimírsela por pueblo, y le pusiese nombre, é hiciese por vosotros, oh Israel, grandes y espantosas obras en tu tierra, por amor de tu pueblo, oh Dios, que tú redimiste de Egipto, de las gentes y de sus dioses? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et qui est comme ton peuple, comme Israël, seule nation sur la terre que Dieu soit allé racheter, afin qu’elle lui soit un peuple, et pour se faire un nom à lui-même, et pour opérer en leur faveur cette grande chose, et des choses terribles pour ton pays, devant ton peuple, que tu t’es racheté d’Égypte, des nations et de leurs dieux? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wer ist wie dein Volk, wie Israel, die einzige Nation auf Erden, welche Gott hingegangen ist, sich zum Volke zu erlösen, und um sich einen Namen zu machen, und für sie solch Großes zu tun und furchtbare Dinge für dein Land, indem du vor deinem Volke, das du dir aus Ägypten erlöst hast, Nationen und ihre Götter vertriebst! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quæ est autem ut populus tuus Israël gens in terra, propter quam ivit Deus ut redimeret eam sibi in populum, et poneret sibi nomen, faceretque eis magnalia et horribilia super terram a facie populi tui quem redemisti tibi ex Ægypto, gentem, et deum ejus. |