1-chronicles 17:13

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before you:

American King James Version (AKJV)

I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before you:

American Standard Version (ASV)

I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;

Basic English Translation (BBE)

I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son; and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you;

Webster's Revision

I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:

World English Bible

I will be his father, and he shall be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;

English Revised Version (ERV)

I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:

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Clarke's 1-chronicles 17:13 Bible Commentary

I will not take my mercy away from him - I will not cut off his family from the throne, as I did that of his predecessor Saul.

Barnes's 1-chronicles 17:13 Bible Commentary

My son - The minatory clause which occurs after this in Samuel is here omitted, because the writer is not about to record the sins of Solomon, or the sufferings 1 Kings 11:9-40 which he thereby brought upon himself.