1 Chronicles 17:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.”
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“I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and I am with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a name like the name of the great ones who <FI>are<Fi> in the earth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 17:8 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 28:15Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
- 1 Samuel 18:14and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
- 1 Samuel 18:28When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
- 1 Samuel 26:10David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
- 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 2 Samuel 7:9I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
- 2 Samuel 8:6Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- 2 Samuel 8:8And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
- 2 Samuel 8:13And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
- 2 Samuel 22:1And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 22:38I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
- 1 Chronicles 14:17And David’s fame went out into every land, and the LORD caused all nations to fear him.
- 1 Chronicles 17:2And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
- 1 Chronicles 17:17And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God, You have spoken about the future of the house of Your servant and have regarded me as a man of great distinction, O LORD God.
- Ezra 4:20And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.
- Psalms 18:1I love You, O LORD, my strength.
- Psalms 46:7The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Psalms 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Psalms 71:21You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
- Psalms 75:7but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
- Psalms 113:7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
- Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
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