1 Chronicles 17:8 “I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all yo…”

1 Chronicles 17:8

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 that of the greatest in the land.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I haue bene with thee whithersoeuer thou hast walked, and haue destroyed all thine enemies out of thy sight, and haue made thee a name, like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

Darby Translation

and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name, like unto the name of the great men that are on the earth.

Young's Literal Translation

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 [are] in the earth.

Bible in Basic English

And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.

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Cross references

“I have been”

1 Samuel 18:14 1 Chronicles 17:2 Genesis 28:15 1 Samuel 18:28 2 Samuel 7:9 Psalm 46:7

1 Samuel 18:14 · BSB

and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.

1 Chronicles 17:2 · BSB

And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

Genesis 28:15 · BSB

Look, 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 18:28 · BSB

When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

2 Samuel 7:9 · BSB

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 that of the greatest in the land.

Psalm 46:7 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

“have cut off”

1 Samuel 26:10 1 Samuel 31:1–6 2 Samuel 22:1 2 Samuel 22:38–41 Psalm 18:1

1 Samuel 26:10 · BSB

David 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 31:1–6 · BSB

Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

2 Samuel 22:1 · BSB

And 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 22:38–41 · BSB

I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

Psalm 18:1 · BSB

I love You, O LORD, my strength.

“made thee”

Psalm 71:21 Psalm 75:7 1 Chronicles 17:17 Ezra 4:20 Luke 1:52 2 Samuel 8:13

Psalm 71:21 · BSB

You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

Psalm 75:7 · BSB

but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.

1 Chronicles 17:17 · BSB

And 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 4:20 · BSB

And 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.

Luke 1:52 · BSB

He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.

2 Samuel 8:13 · BSB

And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.

9And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning

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