I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
Parallel translations
- WEB I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a name like the name of the great men who are on the earth.
- NASB I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have eliminated all your enemies from you; and I will make for you a name like the name of the great ones who are on the earth.
- NLT I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before your eyes. Now I will make your name as famous as anyone who has ever lived on the earth!
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Quick answer
God has been with David, cut off his enemies, and will make his name great. God promises continued presence and lasting honor.
Overview
The Lord recalls His faithful protection of David and pledges to give him a name among the great. David's greatness is God's gift, secured by God's accompanying presence. This promise of an enduring name finds its highest fulfillment in David's greater Son, Christ, whose name is exalted above every name.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 21
- 1 Sam 18:14and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
- 1 Chr 17:2And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
- Ps 113:7–8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
- 1 Sam 18:28When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
- Ps 71:21You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
- 2 Sam 7:9I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
- Ps 46:7The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Ps 75:7but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
- Gen 28:15Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
- 1 Chr 17:17And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God, You have spoken about the future of the house of Your servant and have regarded me as a man of great distinction, O LORD God.
- 2 Sam 8:8And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
- 1 Sam 31:1–6Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- Ezra 4:20And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.
- 2 Sam 22:1And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
- 2 Sam 8:6Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- Ps 18:1For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
- 1 Sam 26:10David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
- 2 Sam 22:38–41I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
- Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
- Ps 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- 2 Sam 8:13–14And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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