5Go and say to my servant, to David, Thus saith Jehovah: Wilt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?


In Context

2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedars, and the ark of God dwells under curtains.

3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thy heart; for Jehovah is with thee.

4 And it came to pass that night that the word of Jehovah came to Nathan, saying,

5 Go and say to my servant, to David, Thus saith Jehovah: Wilt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?

6 For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but I went about in a tent and in a tabernacle.

7 In all my going about with all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye me not a house of cedars?

2 Samuel 7:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:5"Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the Lord says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in?

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Wilt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5|Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh, |Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5'Go, and thou hast said unto My servant, unto David, Thus said Jehovah, Dost thou build for Me a house for My dwelling in?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Go and tell my servant David, Thus said the LORD, Shall you build me an house for me to dwell in?