2 Samuel 7:9

7:9 I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated ¹  all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth. ² 

2 Samuel 7:23

7:23 Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ³  on the earth? Their God ⁴  went ⁵  to claim ⁶  a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, ⁷  before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ⁸ 

[7:9]  ¹ tn Heb “cut off.”

[7:9]  ² tn Heb “and I will make for you a great name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.”

[7:23]  ³ tn Heb “a nation, one.”

[7:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “whose God” or “because God.” In the Hebrew text this clause is subordinated to what precedes. The clauses are separated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:23]  ⁵ tn The verb is plural in Hebrew, agreeing grammatically with the divine name, which is a plural of degree.

[7:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “redeem.”

[7:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “and to do for you [plural form] the great [thing] and awesome [things] for your land.”

[7:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “from Egypt, nations and their gods.” The LXX has “nations and tents,” which reflects a mistaken metathesis of letters in אֶלֹהָיו (e’lohav, “its gods”) and אֹהָלָיו (’ohalav, “its tents”).