5for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tent to another.


In Context

2 Nathan said to David, |Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.|

3 It happened the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

4 |Go and tell David my servant, 'Thus says Yahweh, |You shall not build me a house to dwell in;

5 for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tent to another.

6 In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'|'

7 |Now therefore, you shall tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies, |I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.

1 Chronicles 17:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:5I 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.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:5For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:5For I have not remained in a house from the time that I brought up Israel, to this day: but I have been always changing places in a tabernacle, and in a tent,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:5for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another .

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but I have been from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:5for I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5for I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel till this day, and I am from tent unto tent: and from the tabernacle,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:5For I have not dwelled in an house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.