1 Chronicles 17:13
New International Version
I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor.

New Living Translation
I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my favor from him as I took it from the one who ruled before you.

English Standard Version
I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from him who was before you,

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:

New King James Version
I will be his Father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

New American Standard Bible
I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My favor away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

NASB 1995
“I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

NASB 1977
“I will be his father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

Legacy Standard Bible
I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; and I will not remove My lovingkindness from him, as I removed it from him who was before you.

Amplified Bible
I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My steadfast love and mercy away from him, as I took it from him (King Saul) who was before you.

Christian Standard Bible
I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not remove my faithful love from him as I removed it from the one who was before you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. I will not take away My faithful love from him as I took it from the one who was before you.

American Standard Version
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I shall be to him for a father, and he shall be to me for a son, and my graces will not pass away from his presence, as that which I removed from Shaul who was before you.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and my mercy will I not withdraw from him, as I withdrew it from them that were before thee.

Contemporary English Version
I will be like a father to him, and he will be like a son to me. I will never put an end to my agreement with him, as I put an end to my agreement with Saul, who was king before you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee.

English Revised Version
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will be his Father, and he will be my Son. And I will never stop showing him my love as I did to your predecessor.

Good News Translation
I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not withdraw my support from him as I did from Saul, whom I removed so that you could be king.

International Standard Version
I will be a father to him and he will be a son to me. I will never remove my gracious love from him as I did from the one who preceded you.

JPS Tanakh 1917
I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;

Literal Standard Version
I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son, and I do not turn aside My kindness from him as I turned it aside from him who was before you,

Majority Standard Bible
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.

New American Bible
I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me, and I will not withdraw my favor from him as I withdrew it from the one who was before you;

NET Bible
I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you.

New Revised Standard Version
I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from him who was before you,

New Heart English Bible
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;

Webster's Bible Translation
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:

World English Bible
I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you;

Young's Literal Translation
I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son, and My kindness I turn not aside from him as I turned it aside from him who was before thee,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
God's Covenant with David
12He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever. 13I 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. 14But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”…

Cross References
2 Corinthians 6:18
And: "I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

Hebrews 1:5
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 Kings 11:13
Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen."

1 Chronicles 10:14
and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

1 Chronicles 17:12
He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.

1 Chronicles 17:14
But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever."


Treasury of Scripture

I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before you:

I will be

2 Samuel 7:14
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:

Psalm 89:26-28
He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation…

Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

my son

Psalm 2:7,12
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee…

Luke 9:35
And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

John 3:35
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

I will not

2 Samuel 7:15,16
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee…

1 Kings 11:12,13,36
Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son…

as I took

1 Chronicles 17:12
He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.

1 Chronicles 10:14
And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

1 Samuel 15:28
And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

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1. Nathan first approving the purpose of David, to build God a house
3. after by the word of God forbids him
11. He promises him blessings and benefits in his seed
16. David's prayer and thanksgiving














(13) I will be his father . . .--Heb., I (on my part) will become a father unto him, and he (on his part) shall become a son to me. (Comp. Psalm 2:7.) After these words, Samuel adds: "If he commit iniquity I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men." The omission is probably not a mere abridgment. The reference in this prophecy looks beyond Solomon to Him of whom the greatest princes of the house of David were but imperfect types. The warning here omitted was amply fulfilled in the history of Solomon and his successors but it could not apply to the true Anointed of Jehovah, and is therefore suppressed as a transitory element in the prophecy.

And I will not take my mercy away.--Samuel, "and my mercy shall not depart"--the same verb in a different form. But the LXX., Syriac, and Vulgate there agree with Chronicles.

As I took it (away) from him that was before thee.--Samuel, "as I took it away from Said whom I took away from before thee; "repeating the same verb thrice. Our text is probably more correct. So Vulg. and LXX. virtually; but Syriac, "My mercies shall not depart from him, as I made [them] depart from Saul who was before thee."



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I
אֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

will be
אֶֽהְיֶה־ (’eh·yeh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

his
לּ֣וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

Father,
לְאָ֔ב (lə·’āḇ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

and he
וְה֖וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will be
יִֽהְיֶה־ (yih·yeh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

My
לִּ֣י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

son.
לְבֵ֑ן (lə·ḇên)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

And My loving devotion
וְחַסְדִּי֙ (wə·ḥas·dî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

will never
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

depart
אָסִ֣יר (’ā·sîr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

from him
מֵֽעִמּ֔וֹ (mê·‘im·mōw)
Preposition-m | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I removed [it]
הֲסִיר֔וֹתִי (hă·sî·rō·w·ṯî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

from your predecessor.
מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר (mê·’ă·šer)
Preposition-m | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that


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