2 Samuel 7:21 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 7:21

For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.

BSB

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ASV

For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.

KJV

For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

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Commentary

3 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1166: “Marrow and Fatness” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1874)

DAVID was overwhelmed with the mercy of God! Nathan's message was too much for him. He felt emotions in his bosom which he could not express. Like a wise man, he went at once, while under the impulse of gratitude, into the place of nearness to God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Thy word's sake - That thou mightest fulfil thy promises made to me, and thereby demonstrate thy faithfulness. Own heart - Or thy own mere liberality and good pleasure, without any desert of mine. So far was David, though a very gracious man, from thinking his actions meritorious.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

All was, (1.) For his word's sake, that is, for the sake of Christ the eternal Word; it is all owing to his merit. Or, "That thou mayest magnify thy word of promise above all thy name, in making it the stay and store-house of thy people." (2.) According to thy own heart, thy gracious counsels and designs, ex mero motu--of thy own good pleasure.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בַּעֲב֤וּר	ba.'a.Vur	forsake of	H5668 →
דְּבָֽרְךָ֙	de.va.re.Kha	word your	H1697 →
וּֽכְלִבְּךָ֔	u.khe.li.be.Kha	and according to own heart your	H3820 →
עָשִׂ֕יתָ	'a.Si.ta	you have done	H6213 →
אֵ֥ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַגְּדוּלָּ֖ה	ha.ge.du.Lah	the greatness	H1420 →
הַזֹּ֑את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
לְהוֹדִ֖יעַ	le.ho.Di.a'	to make know [it]	H3045 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃	'av.De.kha	servant your	H5650 →

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

H5668baavurforsake of49×

The walk

The walk8

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
Ephesians 3:11
according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
leads to
- 2 Timothy 1:9
  He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ephesians 1:11
  In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Psalms 138:2
I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
leads to
- Matthew 5:18
  For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
- Psalms 56:10
  In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
- Matthew 24:35
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
Through
Ephesians 1:9
And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
leads to
- Colossians 1:26–28
  the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.
Through
Psalms 115:1
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
leads to
- Psalms 79:9–10
  Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
- Isaiah 48:11
  For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Samuel