1 Chronicles 17:18 BSB

1 Chronicles 17:18

What more can David say to You for so honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant,

BSB

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ASV

What can David say yet more unto thee concerning the honor which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

KJV

What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For the honor of thy servant - i. e., “for the honor which Thou hast done for Thy servant.” The Septuagint omits “Thy servant,” and renders it: “What can David say more to Thee to glorify Thee? For Thou knowest,” etc.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Kingdom - In God's kingdom in a large and general sense. And this, as well as the former phrase, singularly belongs to the Messiah, who was not only to be the king of Israel, but also of all nations.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Were they to sit down and wish, they could not speak more for their own honour than the word of God has spoken. It is very observable that what in Samuel is said to be for thy word's sake is here said to be for thy servant's sake,

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
יּוֹסִ֨יף	yo.Sif	will he add	H3254 →
ע֥וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
דָּוִ֛יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אֵלֶ֖יךָ	'e.Lei.kha	to you	H413 →
לְכָב֣וֹד	le.kha.Vod	for honor	H3519 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ	'av.De.kha	servant your	H5650 →
וְאַתָּ֖ה	ve.'a.Tah	and you	H859 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַבְדְּךָ֥	'av.de.Kha	servant your	H5650 →
יָדָֽעְתָּ׃	ya.Da.'e.ta	you know	H3045 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the…
leads to
- John 7:24
  Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
- Jeremiah 17:10
  I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Luke 16:15
  So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
- 1 Peter 3:4
  but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
- Isaiah 55:8–9
  “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
Through
Psalms 139:1
O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
leads to
- Hebrews 4:13
  Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
- Jeremiah 12:3
  But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
- Jeremiah 17:9–10
  The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Chronicles

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Chronicles