King James Version
2 Samuel 7:16 in the King James Version says “And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.”
2 Samuel 7:16 · KJV
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall be established”
H539properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen
“And thine house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“and thy kingdom”
H4467dominion, i.e., (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
“for”
H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“ever”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“shall be established”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
“for”
H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“ever”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
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