2 Samuel 7:14 (YLT)

Passage

I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 7:12 `When thy days are full, and thou hast lain with thy fathers, then I have raised up thy seed after thee which goeth out from thy bowels, and have established his kingdom;

2 Samuel 7:13 He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age.

2 Samuel 7:14 I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,

2 Samuel 7:15 and My kindness doth not turn aside from him, as I turned it aside from Saul, whom I turned aside from before thee,

2 Samuel 7:16 and stedfast <FI>is<Fi> thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "father", "dealings", "perversely", "even", "reproved", "strokes", "sons", and "adam". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "father" and "dealings", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "He doth build a house for My..." into verse 15's "and My kindness doth not turn aside...", so "father" and "dealings" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "father" and "dealings" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.