◄ 2 Samuel 2:6 ►
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Good News Translation
And now may the LORD be kind and faithful to you. I too will treat you well because of what you have done.

New Revised Standard Version
Now may the LORD show steadfast love and faithfulness to you! And I too will reward you because you have done this thing.

Contemporary English Version
and I pray that the LORD will be kind and faithful to you. I will be your friend because of what you have done.

New American Bible
And now may the LORD show you kindness and fidelity. For my part, I will show generosity to you for having done this.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And now the Lord surely will render you mercy and truth, and I also will requite you for this good turn, because you have done this thing.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And now the Lord surely will render you mercy and truth, and I also will requite you for this good turn, because you have done this thing.

the Lord

2 Samuel 15:20 Yesterday thou camest, and to day shalt thou be forced to go forth with us? but I shall go whither I am going: return thou, and take back thy brethren with thee, and the Lord will shew thee mercy, and truth, because thou hast shewn grace and fidelity.

Psalm 57:3 He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth,

Proverbs 14:22 They err that work evil: but mercy and truth prepare good things.

Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

2 Timothy 1:16-18 The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: because he hath often refreshed me and hath not been ashamed of my chain: . . .

I also

2 Samuel 9:3,7 And the king said: Is there any one left of the house of Saul, that I may shew the mercy of God unto Him? And Siba said to the king: There is a son of Jonathan left, who is lame of his feet. . . .

2 Samuel 10:2 And David said: I will shew kindness to Hanon the son of Daas, as his father shewed kindness to me. So David sent his servants to comfort him for the death of his father. But when the servants of David were come into the land of the children of Ammon,

Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:

Matthew 10:16 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

Philemon 1:18 And if he hath wronged thee in any thing or is in thy debt, put that to my account.

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Context
David Anointed King of Judah
…5David therefore sent messengers to the men of Jabes Galaad, and said to them: Blessed be you to the Lord, who have shewn this mercy to your master Saul, and have buried him. 6And now the Lord surely will render you mercy and truth, and I also will requite you for this good turn, because you have done this thing.7Let your hands be strengthened, and be ye men of valour: for although your master Saul be dead, yet the house of Juda hath anointed me to be their king.…
Cross References
2 Timothy 1:16
The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: because he hath often refreshed me and hath not been ashamed of my chain:

Exodus 34:6
And when he passed before him, he said: O the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, patient and of much compassion, and true,

2 Samuel 2:7
Let your hands be strengthened, and be ye men of valour: for although your master Saul be dead, yet the house of Juda hath anointed me to be their king.

2 Samuel 15:20
Yesterday thou camest, and to day shalt thou be forced to go forth with us? but I shall go whither I am going: return thou, and take back thy brethren with thee, and the Lord will shew thee mercy, and truth, because thou hast shewn grace and fidelity.

2 Samuel 2:5
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