2 Chronicles 21:7 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and Jehovah hath not been willing to destroy the house of David, for the sake of the covenant that He made with David, and as He had said to give to him a lamp, and to his sons -- all the days.

English ASV

Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway.

English Amplified

But the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because He had made a covenant with David and promised to give a light to him and to his sons forever.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because He had made a covenant with David and promised to give a light to him and to his sons forever.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Yet the Lord was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

but for the sake of the covenant the LORD had made with David, he was unwilling to destroy the house of David since the LORD had promised to give a lamp to David and to his sons forever.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

But Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he had promised to give to him always a lamp, and to his sons.

English EASY 2024

But the Lord did not want to destroy all David's descendants, because of his promise to David. He had promised that King David would always have descendants who would rule the nation.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But the Lord would not destroy David's family because of the agreement he made with David. He had promised to keep a lamp burning for David and his children forever.

Yet the LORD was not willing to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

but the Lord was not willing to destroy the dynasty of David, because he had made a covenant with David and promised that his descendants would always continue to rule.

English God's Word - GW 1995

But the Lord, recalling the promise he had made to David, didn't want to destroy David's family. The Lord had told David that he would always give him and his descendants a {shining} lamp.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

but because of the covenant the LORD had made with David, He was unwilling to destroy the house of David since the LORD had promised to give a lamp to David and to his sons forever.

English KJV 1611

Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.

English LSB

However, Yahweh was not willing to make the house of David a ruin because of the covenant which He had cut with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

But the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David because of the covenant that He made with David, and because He said that He would give a lamp to David and his sons for all days.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Yet the LORD was not willing to destroy the house of David because of the covenant which He had made with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

but the LORD would not destroy the house of David because of the covenant he had made with David and because of his promise to give him and his sons a lamp for all time.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

But the LORD was unwilling to destroy David’s dynasty because of the promise he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But the Lord didn't want to destroy the royal family of David. That's because the Lord had made a covenant with him. He had promised to keep the lamp of David's kingdom burning brightly for him and his children after him forever.

English NIV

Nevertheless, because of the covenant the LORD had made with David, the LORD was not willing to destroy the house of David. He had promised to maintain a lamp for him and his descendants forever.

English NKJ 1982

Yet the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that He had made with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.

English NLT

But the LORD was not willing to destroy David's dynasty, for he had made a covenant with David and promised that his descendants would continue to rule forever.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Yet the LORD would not destroy the house of David because of the covenant that he had made with David, and since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his descendants forever.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Yet the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant which he had made with David, and since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons for ever.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But despite that, because of his covenant with David, God was not yet ready to destroy the descendants of David; he had, after all, promised to keep a light burning for David and his sons.

English Tyndale 1537

Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.