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NASB | 2 Samuel 7:22 "For this reason You are great, O Lord GOD; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Samuel 7:22 "Therefore You are great, O Lord GOD; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. |
Subject: "and there is is none besides You." OK? |
Bible Note: Hi Nolan, It's great thinking of these things with you. Two things before I continue. You had said from your sources, that the plural and the article were factors for the upper case translation but you mentioned lowercase in your last post. Also, you mentioned "no" as an article; which I question. When I think of a no god I think of no god at all. Exodus 20 says "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me." It would be interesting to look at the times where it is written "Besides Me there is no God" and compare it to our verse here from 2Samuel. 2 Samuel 7:22 should also be compared to 1 Chronicles 17:20 where this same prayer is recorded. In fact Nolan, you are familiar with my "brain teaser"; take a look at these prayers along with John 17. Another passage that I looked at originally was Isaiah 45:21 and the context in the verse before it was about praying to a god who cannot save. Thus, I would not be surprised if this "no other god besides Me" would also be appropritate. And also we cannot save ourselves for continuing in Isaiah 47:8-10 we find those who say in their hearts and in their security, "I am, and there is no one besides me." |