2 Samuel 7:16

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“Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.””

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BSBPD

“Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and stedfast <FI>is<Fi> thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 7:16 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
  2. 2 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
  3. 2 Samuel 22:51Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
  4. 1 Kings 2:4and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
  5. 2 Kings 8:19Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
  6. 2 Kings 19:34‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
  7. 1 Chronicles 17:13I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
  8. 2 Chronicles 6:16Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
  9. Job 36:7He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
  10. Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
  11. Psalms 72:5May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
  12. Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
  13. Psalms 89:36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
  14. Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  15. Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
  16. Jeremiah 33:17For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,
  17. Ezekiel 37:25They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
  18. Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
  19. Daniel 7:14And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
  20. Matthew 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
  21. Luke 1:32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
  22. John 12:34The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
  23. Hebrews 1:8But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
  24. Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”

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