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2 Samuel 7:24

For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.

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ASV

And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.

KJV

For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, Lord, art become their God.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתְּכ֣וֹנֵֽןva.te.Kho.nenand you establishedH3559 →
לְ֠ךָLe.khafor <the> yourself
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עַמְּךָ֨'a.me.Khapeople yourH5971 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל׀Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לְךָ֛le.Khaof you
לְעָ֖םle.'Amto a peopleH5971 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
עוֹלָ֑םo.LamperpetuityH5769 →
וְאַתָּ֣הve.'a.Tahand youH859 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehO YahwehH3068 →
הָיִ֥יתָha.Yi.tayou have becomeH1961 →
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemfor <the> them
לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ סle.lo.Him<into> GodH430 →

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Deuteronomy 26:18And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,1 Peter 2:10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.Psalms 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.John 1:12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—Isaiah 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.1 Chronicles 17:22For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.Jeremiah 31:1“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.Exodus 6:7I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.Hosea 1:10Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’2 Samuel 7:23And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.Romans 9:25–26As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”Jeremiah 32:38They will be My people, and I will be their God.Deuteronomy 27:9Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God.

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