“And thine house, and thy kingdome shall be stablished for euer before thee: thy throne shall be stablished for euer.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
- King James Version
"Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.'""
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.
- Basic English Bible
And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made firm for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
- Darby Bible
And thy house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
- Webster's Bible
Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever."'"
- World English Bible
and stedfast [is] thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee; thy throne shall be established for ever.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Samuel 7:16
7:16 Before thee - Thine eyes in some sort beholding it: for he lived to see his wise son Solomon actually placed in the throne, with reputation and general applause, which was in itself a good presage of the continuance of the kingdom in his family: and being considered, together with the infallible certainty of God's promise to him and his, (of the accomplishment whereof, this was an earnest,) gave him good assurance thereof; especially considering that he had his eyes and thoughts upon the Messiah, #Psal 110:1|, &c. whose day he saw by faith, as Abraham did, #John 8:56|, and whom he knew that God would raise out of the fruit of his loins to sit on his throne, and that for ever: and so the eternity of his kingdom is rightly said to be before him.