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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.
2 Samuel 7:22 · King James Version
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.
  • BSB 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.
  • 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 thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
  • Exod 15:11Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
  • Ps 86:8Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
  • Mic 7:18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
  • 1 Chr 16:25For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
  • Isa 45:5I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
  • Deut 3:24O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
  • 1 Sam 2:2There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
  • Ps 89:8O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
  • Ps 89:6For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
  • Deut 4:35Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
  • Jer 10:6–7Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
  • Ps 96:4For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
  • Ps 48:1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
  • Isa 40:18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
  • Ps 145:3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
  • Ps 135:5For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
  • Ps 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
  • Ezek 36:22Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
  • Isa 45:18For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
  • 2 Chr 2:5And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
  • Deut 32:39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
  • Isa 40:25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
  • Isa 45:22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
  • Exod 10:2And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 36:32Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

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    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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