24You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, O Lord , have become their God.


In Context

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?

24 You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, O Lord , have become their God.

25 "And now, Lord God, keep forever the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house. Do as you promised,

26 so that your name will be great forever. Then men will say, 'The Lord Almighty is God over Israel!' And the house of your servant David will be established before you.

2nd Samuel 7:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:24For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel [to be] a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:24For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be an everlasting people: and thou, O Lord God, art become their God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:24And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:24And thou hast established to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, art become their God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:24And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:24For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people to thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:24You established for yourself your people Israel to be a people to you forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:24Yea, Thou dost establish to Thee Thy people Israel, to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, Jehovah, hast been to them for God.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:24For you have confirmed to yourself your people Israel to be a people to you for ever: and you, LORD, are become their God.