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?


In Context

2 he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a palace of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent."

3 Nathan replied to the king, "Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the Lord is with you."

4 That night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:

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?

6 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day. I have been moving from place to place with a tent as my dwelling.

7 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their rulers whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?" '

2nd Samuel 7:5 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Go and say to my servant, to David, Thus saith Jehovah: Wilt 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?