2 Samuel 7:29
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Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign LORD, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever.”
Read 2 Samuel 7:29 Using Other Translations
Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
Now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever."
And now, may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you have spoken, and when you grant a blessing to your servant, O Sovereign LORD, it is an eternal blessing!”
What does 2 Samuel 7:29 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
2 Samuel 7:29
Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of
thy
servant
Not according to the merits of him or his family, but according
to the sovereign will and pleasure of God; the Targum is, begin
and bless; let the promised blessings begin to descend, that
there may be some appearance of the performance of the promise,
which may give encouragement that the whole will be fulfilled:
that it may continue for ever before thee;
under his care and protection:
for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken [it];
whose words never fall to the ground, but have a sure
accomplishment:
and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be
blessed for ever;
even both with temporal and spiritual blessedness.
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