King James Version
“And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.”
1 Chronicles 17:17 · KJV
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. great: Heb. greatnesses
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And yet this was a small thing”
H6994to diminish, i.e., be (causatively, make) diminutive or (figuratively) of no account
“in thine eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“for thou hast also spoken”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“for a great while to come”
H7350remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
“and hast regarded”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“of a man”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
“of high degree”
H4609elevation, i.e., the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step o
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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