The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 17:20 Explained

1 Chronicles 17:20

KJV: O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

YLT: O Jehovah, there is none like Thee, and there is no god save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

Darby: Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

ASV: O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

O LORD,  [there is] none like thee, neither [is there any] God  beside  thee, according to all that we have heard  with our ears. 

What does 1 Chronicles 17:20 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 17

1  Nathan first approving the purpose of David, to build God a house
3  after by the word of God forbids him
11  He promises him blessings and benefits in his seed
16  David's prayer and thanksgiving

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 17:20 mean?

Yahweh [there is] none like You and [there is] no God besides You according to all that we have heard with our ears
יְהוָה֙ אֵ֣ין כָּמ֔וֹךָ וְאֵ֥ין אֱלֹהִ֖ים זוּלָתֶ֑ךָ בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־ שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ בְּאָזְנֵֽינוּ

יְהוָה֙  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֵ֣ין  [there  is]  none 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
כָּמ֔וֹךָ  like  You 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: כְּמֹו  
Sense: like, as, the like of which conj.
וְאֵ֥ין  and  [there  is]  no 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
אֱלֹהִ֖ים  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
זוּלָתֶ֑ךָ  besides  You 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: זוּלָה  
Sense: a removal, a putting away prep.
בְּכֹ֥ל  according  to  all 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
אֲשֶׁר־  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ  we  have  heard 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
בְּאָזְנֵֽינוּ  with  our  ears 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, fdc, first person common plural
Root: אֹזֶן  
Sense: ear, as part of the body.