2 Samuel 7:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:”
2 Samuel 7:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 7:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 7:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Now therefore tell my servant David this: ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel.”
2 Samuel 7:8 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 7:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel; ”
2 Samuel 7:8 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 7:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the comely place, from after the flock, to be leader over My people, over Israel;”
2 Samuel 7:8 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 7:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And now, thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I took thee from the pasture-grounds, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel; ”
2 Samuel 7:8 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 7:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Nowe therefore so say vnto my seruant Dauid, Thus saieth the Lord of hostes, I tooke thee from the sheepecote following the sheepe, that thou mightest bee ruler ouer my people, ouer Israel.”
2 Samuel 7:8 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 7:8 in Context — 2 Samuel 7
6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
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What Does 2 Samuel 7:8 Mean?
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