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How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
2 Samuel 7:22 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Therefore you are great, Yahweh God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
  • KJV 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.
  • NKJV Therefore You are great, O Lord God. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
  • NASB For this reason You are great, Lord God; for there is no one like You, and there is no God except You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
  • NLT “How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!

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Quick answer

David praised God as great and incomparable, the only true God. Encountering grace moves him to worship God's uniqueness.

Overview

David's response to covenant promise is doxology: there is no one like the LORD and no God besides Him. This confession of God's greatness and exclusivity echoes Israel's foundational faith (Deuteronomy 4:35; 6:4). Genuine experience of God's grace always magnifies the glory and uniqueness of the God who gives it.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 26

  • Ps 86:10For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
  • Exod 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
  • Ps 86:8O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
  • Mic 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
  • 1 Chr 16:25For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
  • Isa 45:5I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
  • Deut 3:24“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?
  • 1 Sam 2:2There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
  • Ps 89:8O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
  • Ps 89:6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
  • Deut 4:35You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.
  • Jer 10:6–7There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
  • Ps 96:4For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
  • Ps 48:1A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
  • Isa 40:18To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
  • Ps 145:3Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
  • Ps 135:5For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.
  • Ps 44:1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
  • Ezek 36:22Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.
  • Isa 45:18For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
  • 2 Chr 2:5The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
  • Deut 32:39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
  • Isa 40:25“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
  • Isa 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
  • Exod 10:2and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”
  • Ezek 36:32It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!

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    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

God's covenant with David — a son whose throne and kingdom would last forever (7:12–16) — finds its yes in Jesus, the Son of David who reigns without end.

How 2 Samuel 7:22 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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