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1 Chronicles 17:20

Yahweh, there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
1 Chronicles 17:20 · World English Bible
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  • KJV O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
  • BSB O LORD, there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
  • NKJV O Lord, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
  • NASB Lord, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to everything that we have heard with our ears.
  • NLT “O Lord, there is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!

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David confesses that Yahweh is utterly unique, with no rival God. It grounds his prayer in the incomparable greatness of the true God.

Overview

Continuing his prayer after the Davidic covenant, David responds to God's promises with worship rather than presumption. The confession 'there is no one like you' echoes Israel's foundational faith in the one true God (Deuteronomy 4:35) and frames everything David asks. Such God-centered praise points forward to the worship due to Christ, in whom God's incomparable greatness is fully revealed.

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  • Isa 44:6This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
  • Exod 15:11Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
  • Eph 3:20Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
  • Jer 10:6–7There is no one like you, Yahweh. you are great, and your name is great in might.
  • 1 Sam 2:2There is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.
  • Isa 63:12Who caused his glorious arm to be at Moses’ right hand? Who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
  • Isa 43:10“You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.
  • Isa 45:22“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
  • Ps 89:6For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
  • Deut 3:24“Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or in earth that can do works like yours, and mighty acts like yours?
  • Deut 4:39Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that Yahweh himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else.
  • Deut 33:26“There is no one like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, in his excellency on the skies.
  • Isa 45:5I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me;
  • Ps 78:3–4Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
  • Ps 86:8There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.
  • Ps 89:8Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.
  • Ps 44:1For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
  • Isa 40:18To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
  • Exod 18:11Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them.”
  • Isa 40:25“To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
  • Deut 4:35It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him.

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Christ at the center

The genealogies and the everlasting covenant with David trace the single thread of promise running through the generations straight to the Christ in whom the line reaches its goal.

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