1 Chronicles 17:20
in 1 Chronicles 17O LORD, there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
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ASV
O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
KJV
O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 17
Commentary
3 notes on this verseKingdom - 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.
This site's exposition
there is none like You
on 1 Chronicles 17:20-22
Praise widens from David's house to God Himself: “O LORD, there is none like You, and there is no God but You”. The lines match 2 Sam 7:22-24 closely. The question “who is like Your people Israel” then binds the covenant just given to the redemption from Egypt.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
12 He shall build me a house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
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The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֵ֣ין | ʾein | there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| כָּמ֔וֹךָ | kamokha | [is] like you | H3644 → | |
| וְאֵ֥ין | veein | and there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֖ים | ʾelohim | [is] a God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| זוּלָתֶ֑ךָ | zulatekha | except you | H2108 → | |
| בְּכֹ֥ל | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ | shama'nu | we have heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְּאָזְנֵֽינוּ׃ | beazeneinu | with ears our | H241 → | 187 times |
יְהוָה֙O Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֵ֣יןthere not
ʾeinH369 →789 times
כָּמ֔וֹךָ[is] like you
kamokhaH3644 →
וְאֵ֥יןand there not
veeinH369 →789 times
אֱלֹהִ֖ים[is] a God
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
זוּלָתֶ֑ךָexcept you
zulatekhaH2108 →
בְּכֹ֥לin all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
שָׁמַ֖עְנוּwe have heard
shama'nuH8085 →1159 times
בְּאָזְנֵֽינוּ׃with ears our
beazeneinuH241 →187 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ephesians 3:20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
- Romans 4:21
being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.
- Jeremiah 32:27
“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
- 1 Corinthians 2:9
Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
- Jude 1:24
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
- 2 Corinthians 9:8
Through
Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
it leads to
- 1 Kings 8:23
and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with…
- Psalms 89:5–8
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
- 1 Kings 8:23
Through
Isaiah 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
it leads to
- Isaiah 41:4
Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”
- Isaiah 41:4
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.