2 Samuel 7:16 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.'

2 Samuel 7:17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spake Nathan unto David.

2 Samuel 7:18 And king David cometh in and sitteth before Jehovah, and saith, `Who <FI>am<Fi> I, Lord Jehovah? and what my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stedfast", "house", "kingdom", "before", "thee", "throne", and "established". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stedfast" and "house", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "and My kindness doth not turn aside..." into verse 17's "According to all these words and according...", so "stedfast" and "house" 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 "stedfast" and "house" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.