2 Samuel 7:22-23
King James Version
22 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
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2 Samuel 7:22-23
Lexham English Bible
22 Therefore you are great, my lord Yahweh, for there is no one like you, and there is no god except you, in all that we have heard with our ears. 23 Who is like your people, like Israel? Israel is the one nation on earth whose God led them,[a] in order to redeem a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to do for you[b] the great and awesome things for your land in the presence of your people whom he redeemed for himself from Egypt, from the nations and their gods.
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- 2 Samuel 7:23 Literally “went”; LXX reads “led”
- 2 Samuel 7:23 David switches pronouns from the third person to the second person
2 Samuel 7:22-23
New International Version
22 “How great(A) you are,(B) Sovereign Lord! There is no one like(C) you, and there is no God(D) but you, as we have heard with our own ears.(E) 23 And who is like your people Israel(F)—the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name(G) for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders(H) by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed(I) from Egypt?[a]
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 7:23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 17:21; Hebrew wonders for your land and before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt, from the nations and their gods.
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