Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Now, Lord God, may your promise to my father David be realized, for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.
New American Standard Bible
Now, O Lord God,
King James Version
Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
Holman Bible
Lord God, let Your promise to my father David now come true.
International Standard Version
Now, LORD God, your promise to my father David is fulfilled, because you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
A Conservative Version
Now, O LORD God, let thy promise to David my father be established. For thou have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
American Standard Version
Now, O Jehovah God, let thy promise unto David my father be established; for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
Amplified
Now, O Lord God, Your promise to my father David is fulfilled, for You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
Bible in Basic English
Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.
Darby Translation
Now, Jehovah Elohim, let thy word unto David my father be firm; for thou hast made me king over a people numerous as the dust of the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
Now, O Jehovah God, shall thy word with David my father be firm: for thou didst cause me to reign over a people a multitude as the dust of the earth.
King James 2000
Now, O LORD God, let your promise unto David my father be established: for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now, O Yahweh God, let your word to David my father be fulfilled, for you yourself have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
Modern King James verseion
Now, O Jehovah God, Your promise to David my father has been fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And now LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be true. For thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
New Heart English Bible
Now, LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, O Yahweh Elohim, let thy word with David my father be brought to pass,-for, thou, hast made me king over a people, for multitude like the dust of the earth.
Webster
Now, O LORD God, let thy promise to David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
World English Bible
Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
Youngs Literal Translation
Now, O Jehovah God, is Thy word with David my father stedfast, for Thou hast caused me to reign over a people numerous as the dust of the earth;
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 1:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon's Prayer For Wisdom
8 Solomon replied to God, "You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place. 9 Now, Lord God, may your promise to my father David be realized, for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth. 10 Now give me wisdom and discernment so I can effectively lead this nation. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours."
Cross References
Genesis 13:16
And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.
Genesis 22:17
I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.
2 Samuel 7:12-16
When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.
Numbers 23:10
Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let the end of my life be like theirs."
2 Samuel 7:25-29
So now, O Lord God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised,
1 Kings 3:7-8
Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David's place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.
1 Chronicles 17:11-14
When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.
1 Chronicles 17:23-27
So now, O Lord, may the promise you made about your servant and his family become a permanent reality! Do as you promised,
1 Chronicles 28:6-7
He said to me, 'Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.
Psalm 89:35-37
Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David.
Psalm 132:11-12
The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, "I will place one of your descendants on your throne.