1 Chronicles 17:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:”
1 Chronicles 17:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Chronicles 17:7 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Chronicles 17:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Now therefore, you shall tell my servant David, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel.”
1 Chronicles 17:7 — World English Bible
1 Chronicles 17:7 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 Israel: ”
1 Chronicles 17:7 — American Standard Version
1 Chronicles 17:7 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 habitation, from after the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel,”
1 Chronicles 17:7 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Chronicles 17:7 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 Israel; ”
1 Chronicles 17:7 — Darby Translation
1 Chronicles 17:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Nowe therefore thus shalt thou say vnto my seruant Dauid, Thus saith the Lord of hostes, I tooke thee from the sheepecoat and from following the sheepe, that thou shouldest bee a prince ouer my people Israel.”
1 Chronicles 17:7 — Geneva Bible
1 Chronicles 17:7 in Context — 1 Chronicles 17
5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
What Does 1 Chronicles 17:7 Mean?
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