4"Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.
4"Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.
1 After David was settled in his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a palace of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent."
2 Nathan replied to David, "Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God is with you."
3 That night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:
4 "Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.
5 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt to this day. I have moved from one tent site to another, from one dwelling place to another.
6 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their leaders whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?" '
17:4Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
17:4Go, and speak to David my servant: Thus saith the Lord: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in.
17:4Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:
17:4Go and say to David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in;
17:4Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
17:4Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:
17:4|Go and tell David my servant, 'Thus says Yahweh, |You shall not build me a house to dwell in;
17:4'Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in:
17:4Go and tell David my servant, Thus said the LORD, You shall not build me an house to dwell in: