2 Samuel 23:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.”
2 Samuel 23:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 23:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 23:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Isn’t my house so with God? Yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure, for it is all my salvation and all my desire. Won’t he make it grow?”
2 Samuel 23:5 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 23:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Verily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and allmydesire, Although he maketh it not to grow. ”
2 Samuel 23:5 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 23:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For--not so <FI>is<Fi> my house with God; For--a covenant age-during He made with me, Arranged in all things, and kept; For--all my salvation, and all desire, For--He hath not caused <FI>it<Fi> to spring up.”
2 Samuel 23:5 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 23:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Although my house be not so beforeGod, Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in every way and sure; For [this is] all my salvation, and every desire, Although he make [it] not to grow. ”
2 Samuel 23:5 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 23:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For so shall not mine house be with God: for he hath made with me an euerlasting couenant, perfite in all pointes, and sure: therefore all mine health and whole desire is, that he will not make it growe so.”
2 Samuel 23:5 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 23:5 in Context — 2 Samuel 23
3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
What Does 2 Samuel 23:5 Mean?
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