Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign LORD. New Living Translation “What more can I say to you? You know what your servant is really like, Sovereign LORD. English Standard Version And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord GOD! Berean Standard Bible What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD. King James Bible And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. New King James Version Now what more can David say to You? For You, Lord GOD, know Your servant. New American Standard Bible Again what more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, Lord GOD! NASB 1995 “Again what more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD! NASB 1977 “And again what more can David say to Thee? For Thou knowest Thy servant, O Lord GOD! Legacy Standard Bible And again what more can David say to You? And You know Your slave, O Lord Yahweh! Amplified Bible What more can David say to You? For You know (acknowledge, choose) Your servant, O Lord GOD. Christian Standard Bible What more can David say to you? You know your servant, Lord GOD. Holman Christian Standard Bible What more can David say to You? You know Your servant, Lord GOD. American Standard Version And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord Jehovah. Contemporary English Version I am your servant, and you know my thoughts, so there is nothing more that I need to say. English Revised Version And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord GOD. GOD'S WORD® Translation "What more can I, David, say to you, Almighty LORD, since you know me so well! Good News Translation What more can I say to you! You know me, your servant. International Standard Version "What more can David say to you, and you surely know your servant, Lord GOD. Majority Standard Bible What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD. NET Bible What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O LORD God! New Heart English Bible And what more can David add to you concerning the honor which is done to your servant? For you know your servant, LORD. Webster's Bible Translation And what can David say more to thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. World English Bible What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Lord Yahweh. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd what does David add more to speak to You? And You, You have known Your servant, Lord YHWH. Young's Literal Translation And what doth David add more to speak unto Thee? and Thou, Thou hast known Thy servant, Lord Jehovah. Smith's Literal Translation And what shall David yet add to speak to thee? for thou knewest thy servant, Lord Jehovah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord God: Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, what more will David be able to say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord God. New American Bible What more can David say to you? You know your servant, Lord GOD! New Revised Standard Version And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord GOD! Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd what more can thy servant David say to thee? For thou knowest thy servant, O LORD God. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And what will your Servant David more say to you? You know your Servant, LORD JEHOVAH God! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And what can David say more unto Thee? for Thou knowest Thy servant, O Lord GOD. Brenton Septuagint Translation And what shall David yet say to thee? and now thou knowest thy servant, O Lord, my Lord. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context David's Prayer of Thanksgiving…19And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD? 20What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD. 21For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.… Cross References 1 Chronicles 17:18 What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant, Psalm 8:4 what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him? Psalm 144:3 O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him? Genesis 32:10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps. Exodus 3:11 But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” 1 Samuel 18:18 And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?” 1 Samuel 24:14 Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea? 1 Kings 3:7 And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in. 1 Kings 8:28 Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today. 1 Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You. Job 7:17 What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him, Job 42:3 You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. Isaiah 40:13-14 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor? / Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding? Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. Jeremiah 1:6 “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!” Treasury of Scripture And what can David say more to you? for you, Lord GOD, know your servant. knowest Genesis 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. Psalm 139:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Jump to Previous Add David Servant Sovereign Speak ThouJump to Next Add David Servant Sovereign Speak Thou2 Samuel 7 1. Nathan, first approving the purpose of David to build God a house4. After by the word of God forbids him 12. God promises him benefits and blessings in his seed 18. David's prayer and thanksgiving What more can David say to You? This phrase captures a moment of profound humility and awe. David, having received God's promises through the prophet Nathan, finds himself at a loss for words. The Hebrew root for "say" (אָמַר, 'amar) often implies not just speaking, but declaring or making known. David recognizes that his words are insufficient to express his gratitude and wonder. This reflects a deep understanding of the limitations of human expression in the face of divine grace. Historically, this moment follows God's covenant with David, promising an everlasting dynasty, which is a pivotal point in Israel's history and foreshadows the coming of the Messiah. For You know Your servant O Lord GOD Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whatוּמַה־ (ū·mah-) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what more יּוֹסִ֥יף (yō·w·sîp̄) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3254: To add, augment can David דָּוִ֛ד (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse say לְדַבֵּ֣ר (lə·ḏab·bêr) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue to You? אֵלֶ֑יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to For You וְאַתָּ֛ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you know יָדַ֥עְתָּ (yā·ḏa‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know Your servant, עַבְדְּךָ֖ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant O Lord אֲדֹנָ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord GOD. יְהוִֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH Links 2 Samuel 7:20 NIV2 Samuel 7:20 NLT 2 Samuel 7:20 ESV 2 Samuel 7:20 NASB 2 Samuel 7:20 KJV 2 Samuel 7:20 BibleApps.com 2 Samuel 7:20 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 7:20 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 7:20 French Bible 2 Samuel 7:20 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Samuel 7:20 What can David say more to you? 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