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NASB | 1 Chronicles 17:16 ¶ Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD and said, "Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house that You have brought me this far? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Chronicles 17:16 ¶ Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD and said, "Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house and family that You have brought me this far? |
Subject: "Who am I?" How important is it? |
Bible Note: Hi Nolan, You must know that getting to know God and what the Scriptures say about Him will always get and have my interest. Again, I appreciate your encouragement. I'd like to share with you what I found and what I would suggest for consistency in our translators concerning "besides Thee". The words are found eight times. 1 Samuel 2:2 "There is no one holy like the Lord, Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God." Notice, "no one holy like, no one besides, and, "Nor is there any rock like..." 2 Samuel 7:22 "...for there is none like You and there is no God besides You." Notice here that even with the "none like You" it doesn't read "there is no god besides You" that I have been suggesting. 1 Chron 17:20 "O Lord, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You..." Notice again that because it reads "none like You" I would suggest it reading "nor is there any god besides You". 2 Chron 14:11 "...Lord, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and those who have no strength." I am a believer in consistency and this agrees with 1 Samuel 2:2, "no one besides Thee". Psalms 16:2 "I said to the Lord, "You are my Lord; I have no good besides You." There is only One who is good. The fool says in his heart that "There is no God." Psalm 14:1 Isaiah 26:13 O Lord our God, other masters besides You have ruled us; but through You alone we confess Your name." Isaiah 64:4 "For from days of old they have not heard or perceived by ear, Nor has the eye seen a God besides You, Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him." Here in this verse we can see with our eye rather hear with our ears, the capitalization of a God. The God who acts and the One who is able... There are 12 "besides Me" in the Scriptures and I'd like to look with you on those also, but not tonight. I would say though that for consistency I would interpret Isa 45:21 "there is no other god besides Me..." and Hosea 13:4 "you were to know no other god except Me, For there is no Savior besides Me. I cared for you in the wilderness..." So what I am saying is; to be consistent all these six "no one, no god, any god, no one, no good, other masters" should all be lower case. And with the eye we can not see any God except Him. Deut. 4:35 says He is God and Mark 12:32 says "He is One, and there is no one else besides Him." The eighth "besides You" is found in Psalm 73. "With Your counsel You will guide me, And afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth." Psalm 73:24 |