2 Samuel 7:16 - Plain English Version

¹⁶ Your family line will stay for ever. One of them will always be the big boss.” That’s the story God told Nathan in a dream.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you; your throne shall be established forever.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Your dynasty and your kingdom will be secured forever before me. Your throne will be established forever.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And your house shall be faithful, and your kingdom shall be before your face, for eternity, and your throne shall be secure continuously.' "

2 Samuel 7:16 Cross References

Genesis 49:10

Judah’s tribe will always be important and powerful. Leaders and big bosses will come from his tribe. People from other countries will bring them gifts. And people from different nations will respect them and do what they say.

2 Samuel 7:13

Nobody can stop him from being the big boss of this country. And then his son will be the big boss, and later his son’s son will be the big boss. It will be like that for ever. The big boss will always be a son from your family. Your son is the right one to build a house for me, not you.

2 Samuel 7:17

Then Nathan told David everything that God said. (We have not yet translated 7:18—10:19.)

John 12:34

But the people in the crowd said, “God’s book says that the Christ, the special man that God promised to send to save us, he will live for ever. But you say that they will lift up the man from heaven and put him on a cross to die. Are you talking about the same man? Who is this man from heaven?”

1 Samuel 25:28

So please let us go, even though my husband did wrong to you. I know that God will make you the big boss of all of us Israel mob. And later, after you die, your family will keep on being our bosses. I know that you fight against the people that God wants to fight. I hope you will keep on living straight always, for the rest of your life.