2 Samuel 7:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 202121 Because of your promise and according to your own heart, you have wrought all this greatness so that your servant may know it. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176921 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition21 Because of Your promise and as Your own heart dictates, You have done all these astounding things to make Your servant know and understand. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)21 For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it. See the chapterCommon English Bible21 For the sake of your word and according to your own will, you have done this great thing so that your servant would know it. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version21 Because of your word, and according to your own heart, you have done all these great deeds, so that you would make it known to your servant. See the chapter |
It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are going in to occupy their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is dispossessing them before you, in order to fulfill the promise that the Lord made on oath to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.