2 Samuel 7:16

New Living Translation

Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure forever.'"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Your house and kingdom will endure before me forever, and your throne will be established forever.’”

Hebrew Names Version
Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before you: your throne shall be established forever.

King James Version
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

Lexham English Bible
Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before you; your throne shall be established forever."'"

English Standard Version
And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.'"

New Century Version
But your family and your kingdom will continue always before me. Your throne will last forever.'"

New English Translation
Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.'"

Amplified Bible
"Your house (royal dynasty) and your kingdom will endure forever before Me; your throne will be established forever."'"

New American Standard Bible
"Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."'"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And thine house shall be stablished and thy kingdome for euer before thee, euen thy throne shalbe stablished for euer.

Legacy Standard Bible
And your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."'"

Contemporary English Version
I will make sure that one of your descendants will always be king.

Complete Jewish Bible
Thus your house and your kingdom will be made secure forever before you; your throne will be set up forever.'"

Darby Translation
And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made firm for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

Easy-to-Read Version
Your family of kings will continue—you can depend on that! For you, your kingdom will continue forever! Your throne will stand forever!'"

George Lamsa Translation
And your house and your kingdom shall be established for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever.

Good News Translation
You will always have descendants, and I will make your kingdom last forever. Your dynasty will never end.'"

Literal Translation
And your house shall be established, and your kingdom before you forever. Your throne shall be established forever.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for yi house & thy kyngdome, it shal be stablished for euer before the, & thy seate shal endure fast for euermore.

American Standard Version
And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

Bible in Basic English
And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thyne house, and thy kingdome shall be stablished for euer before thee, [euen] thy throne shalbe stablished for euer.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee; thy throne shall be established for ever.'

King James Version (1611)
And thine house, and thy kingdome shall be stablished for euer before thee: thy throne shall be stablished for euer.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And his house shall be made sure, and his kingdom for ever before me, and his throne shall be set up for ever.

English Revised Version
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

Berean Standard Bible
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thin hows schal be feithful, and thi rewme schal be til in to with outen ende bifor my face, and thi trone schal be stidfast contynueli.

Young's Literal Translation
and stedfast [is] thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.'

Update Bible Version
And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thy house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

World English Bible
Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before you: your throne shall be established forever.

New King James Version
And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. [fn] Your throne shall be established forever." ' "

New Life Bible
Your house and your nation will be made sure before Me forever. Your throne will be built to last forever."'"

New Revised Standard
Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me; your throne shall be established forever.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So shall thy house and thy kingdom be made steadfast unto times age-abiding, before thee, - thy throne, shall be established unto times age-abiding.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thy house shall be faithful, and thy kingdom for ever before thy face, and thy throne shall be firm for ever.

Revised Standard Version
And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever.'"

THE MESSAGE
God's Covenant with David Before long, the king made himself at home and God gave him peace from all his enemies. Then one day King David said to Nathan the prophet, "Look at this: Here I am, comfortable in a luxurious house of cedar, and the Chest of God sits in a plain tent." Nathan told the king, "Whatever is on your heart, go and do it. God is with you." But that night, the word of God came to Nathan saying, "Go and tell my servant David: This is God 's word on the matter: You're going to build a ‘house' for me to live in? Why, I haven't lived in a ‘house' from the time I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt till now. All that time I've moved about with nothing but a tent. And in all my travels with Israel, did I ever say to any of the leaders I commanded to shepherd Israel, ‘Why haven't you built me a house of cedar?' "So here is what you are to tell my servant David: The God -of-the-Angel-Armies has this word for you: I took you from the pasture, tagging along after sheep, and made you prince over my people Israel. I was with you everywhere you went and mowed your enemies down before you. Now I'm making you famous, to be ranked with the great names on earth. And I'm going to set aside a place for my people Israel and plant them there so they'll have their own home and not be knocked around any more. Nor will evil men afflict you as they always have, even during the days I set judges over my people Israel. Finally, I'm going to give you peace from all your enemies. "Furthermore, God has this message for you: God himself will build you a house! When your life is complete and you're buried with your ancestors, then I'll raise up your child, your own flesh and blood, to succeed you, and I'll firmly establish his rule. He will build a house to honor me, and I will guarantee his kingdom's rule permanently. I'll be a father to him, and he'll be a son to me. When he does wrong, I'll discipline him in the usual ways, the pitfalls and obstacles of this mortal life. But I'll never remove my gracious love from him, as I removed it from Saul, who preceded you and whom I most certainly did remove. Your family and your kingdom are permanently secured. I'm keeping my eye on them! And your royal throne will always be there, rock solid."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."'"

Contextual Overview

⁴ But that same night the Lord said to Nathan, ⁵ "Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord has declared: Are you the one to build a house for me to live in? ⁶ I have never lived in a house, from the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until this very day. I have always moved from one place to another with a tent and a Tabernacle as my dwelling. ⁷ Yet no matter where I have gone with the Israelites, I have never once complained to Israel's tribal leaders, the shepherds of my people Israel. I have never asked them, "Why haven't you built me a beautiful cedar house?"' ⁸ "Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel. ⁹ I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before your eyes. Now I will make your name as famous as anyone who has ever lived on the earth! ¹⁰ And I will provide a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure place where they will never be disturbed. Evil nations won't oppress them as they've done in the past, ¹¹ starting from the time I appointed judges to rule my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. "‘Furthermore, the Lord declares that he will make a house for you—a dynasty of kings! ¹² For when you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will raise up one of your descendants, your own offspring, and I will make his kingdom strong. ¹³ He is the one who will build a house—a temple—for my name. And I will secure his royal throne forever.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Samuel 7:13, Genesis 49:10, 2 Kings 19:34, 1 Chronicles 17:13, 1 Chronicles 17:14, Psalms 45:6, Psalms 72:5, Psalms 72:17-19, Psalms 89:36, Psalms 89:37, Isaiah 9:7, Daniel 2:44, Daniel 7:14, Matthew 16:18, Luke 1:32, Luke 1:33, John 12:34, Hebrews 1:8, Revelation 11:15

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 13:14 - the Lord 1 Samuel 25:28 - the Lord 2 Samuel 5:12 - David 2 Samuel 7:15 - But my 1 Kings 2:4 - fail 1 Kings 8:24 - thou spakest 1 Kings 9:5 - I will establish 1 Kings 11:13 - Howbeit 1 Kings 11:36 - David 1 Kings 11:38 - build the 1 Kings 12:16 - now see 1 Chronicles 14:2 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 6:5 - neither chose 2 Chronicles 10:16 - David 2 Chronicles 23:3 - as the Lord Psalms 89:28 - mercy Proverbs 12:7 - the house Proverbs 27:24 - doth Isaiah 7:2 - the house Isaiah 16:5 - in the Jeremiah 17:25 - sitting Matthew 1:1 - the son of David

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
When everything was ready, the Lord said to Noah, "Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous.

Genesis 7:2
Take with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the others.

Genesis 7:3
Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood.

Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created."

Genesis 7:5
So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.

Genesis 7:10
After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.

Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you. He drives out the enemy before you; he cries out, ‘Destroy them!'

Psalms 46:2
So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea.

Proverbs 3:23
They keep you safe on your way, and your feet will not stumble.

Matthew 25:10
"But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. Then those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was locked.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee,.... That is, both his family and his government should be perpetuated, or he should always have one of his family to sit upon his throne; the accomplishment of which, in the beginning of it, he saw with his eyes in his son Solomon, and with an eye of faith in his greater Son the Messiah, in whom only these words will have their complete fulfilment; and so Abarbinel says this vision or prophecy is explained by some of the days of the Messiah; and this house and kingdom, in 1 Chronicles 17:14; are called by the Lord "my" house, and "my" kingdom:

thy throne shall be established for ever; which is a repetition of the same in other words for the confirmation of it.