2 Samuel 7:20

20 “What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign LORD.

2 Samuel 7:20 in Other Translations

KJV
20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
ESV
20 And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord GOD!
NLT
20 “What more can I say to you? You know what your servant is really like, Sovereign LORD .
MSG
20 What can I possibly say in the face of all this? You know me, Master God, just as I am.
CSB
20 What more can David say to You? You know Your servant, Lord God .

2 Samuel 7:20 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 7:20

And what can David say more unto thee
In a way of self-abasement, or in thankfulness for such wonderful favours, or in prayer for more and other mercies; he wants words, as if he should say, to express his sense of his own nothingness and unworthiness, and to praise the Lord for all his benefits; and so large are the grants and promises made, that there is no room for him to ask for more:

for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant;
what a sense he has of his own meanness and vileness, what gratitude his heart is filled with, and what his wants and necessities are, which God only can supply, and does abundantly, even more than he is able to ask or think. The Targum is,

``and thou hast performed the petition of thy servant, O Lord God.''

2 Samuel 7:20 In-Context

18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: “Who am I, Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?
19 And as if this were not enough in your sight, Sovereign LORD, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant—and this decree, Sovereign LORD, is for a mere human!
20 “What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign LORD.
21 For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.
22 “How great you are, Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.

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