2 Samuel 7:14 “I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I wil…”

2 Samuel 7:14

I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men;

American Standard Version

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;

Geneva Bible 1599

I will be his father, and hee shall bee my sonne: and if he sinne, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of men.

Darby Translation

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 sons of men;

Young's Literal Translation

I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,

Bible in Basic English

I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;

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Cross references

“I will be”

Hebrews 1:5 1 Chronicles 17:13 1 Chronicles 28:6 Psalm 89:20–37 Matthew 3:17

Hebrews 1:5 · BSB

For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father” ? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son” ?

1 Chronicles 17:13 · BSB

I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.

1 Chronicles 28:6 · BSB

And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.

Psalm 89:20–37 · BSB

I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

Matthew 3:17 · BSB

And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

“If he”

Psalm 89:30–35

Psalm 89:30–35 · BSB

If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,

“I will”

Revelation 3:19 Deuteronomy 8:5 1 Corinthians 11:32 Jeremiah 30:11 Hebrews 12:5–11 Job 5:17

Revelation 3:19 · BSB

Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

Deuteronomy 8:5 · BSB

So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

1 Corinthians 11:32 · BSB

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.

Jeremiah 30:11 · BSB

For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means…

Hebrews 12:5–11 · BSB

And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.

Job 5:17 · BSB

Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

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

In context

13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

15But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

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