21For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.


In Context

18 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord , and he said: "Who am I, O 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, O Sovereign Lord , you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant. Is this your usual way of dealing with man, O Sovereign Lord ?

20 "What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O 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, O Sovereign Lord ! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.

23 And who is like your people Israel-the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt?

2nd Samuel 7:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:21For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know [them. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:21For thy word's sake, and according to thy own heart thou hast done all these great things, so that thou wouldst make it known to thy servant.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:21For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:21For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:21For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:21For thy word's sake, and according to thy own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:21For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, you have worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:21Because of Thy word, and according to Thy heart, Thou hast done all this greatness, to cause Thy servant to know it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:21For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all these great things, to make your servant know them.