Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what YHWH, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
2 Samuel 7:8 - Y'all Version Bible Now therefore tell my servant David this: ‘YHWH Almighty says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So now say this to My servant David, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be prince over My people Israel. American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel; Common English Bible So then, say this to my servant David: This is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be leader over my people Israel. Catholic Public Domain Version And now, so shall you speak to my servant David: 'Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pastures, from following the sheep, so that you would be the leader over my people Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And now thus shalt thou speak to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I took thee out of the pastures from following the sheep to be ruler over my people Israel. |
Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what YHWH, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
The woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.
Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says, the man who was raised on high says, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:
David spoke to YHWH when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, “Look, I have sinned, and I have done wrong. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father’s house.”
In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and in. YHWH said to you, ‘You will be shepherd of my people Israel, and you will be prince over Israel.’”
David said to Michal, “It was before YHWH, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of YHWH, over Israel. Therefore I will celebrate before YHWH.
Solomon said, “You have shown to your servant David my father great lovingkindness, because he walked before you in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great lovingkindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.
‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.’
“Now therefore, you are to tell my servant David, ‘YHWH Almighty says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel.
David said to God, “Isn’t it I who commanded the people to be counted? It is even I who have sinned and done performed evil-evil. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O YHWH my God, be against me and against my father’s house, but not against your people, that they should be plagued.”
and YHWH took me from following the flock, and YHWH said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
who found favor in God’s sight and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
Then Samuel took the vial of oil and poured it on his head, then kissed him and said, “Hasn’t YHWH anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?
He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are YHWH’s. He has set the world on them.
“Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He will save my people out of the hand of the Philistines. I have looked on my people, for their cry has come to me.”