2 Samuel 23:3-5

King James Version

³The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

⁴And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

⁵Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.

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2 Samuel 23:3-5

English Standard Version

³The God of Israel has spoken;
    ^(A)the Rock of Israel has said to me:
When one rules justly over men,
    ruling ^(B)in the fear of God,
⁴he ^(C)dawns on them like the morning light,
    like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning,
    like rain^[a] that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

⁵“For does not my house stand so with God?
    ^(D)For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,
    ordered in all things and secure.
For will he not cause to prosper
    all my help and my desire?

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 23:4 Hebrew from rain

2 Samuel 23:3-5

New American Standard Bible

³The God of Israel said it;
^(A)The Rock of Israel spoke to me:
‘^(B)He who rules over mankind righteously,
^(C)Who rules in the fear of God,
⁴^(D)Is like the light of the morning when the sun rises,
A morning without clouds,
When the fresh grass springs out of the earth
From sunshine after rain.’
⁵Is my house not indeed so with God?
For ^(E)He has made an everlasting covenant with me,
Properly ordered in all things, and secured;
For will He not indeed make
All my salvation and all my delight grow?

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2 Samuel 23:3-5

New International Version

³The God of Israel spoke,
    the Rock^(A) of Israel said to me:
‘When one rules over people in righteousness,^(B)
    when he rules in the fear^(C) of God,^(D)
⁴he is like the light^(E) of morning^(F) at sunrise^(G)
    on a cloudless morning,
like the brightness after rain^(H)
    that brings grass from the earth.’

⁵“If my house were not right with God,
    surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant,^(I)
    arranged and secured in every part;
surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation
    and grant me my every desire.