2 Samuel 7:5 - Easy To Read Version “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the person to build a house for me to live in. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Go and tell My servant David, Thus says the Lord: Shall you build Me a house in which to dwell? American Standard Version (1901) Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in? Common English Bible Go to my servant David and tell him: This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build the temple for me to live in. Catholic Public Domain Version "Go, and say to my servant David: 'Thus says the Lord: Should you build a house for me as a dwelling place? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in? |
King Solomon commanded them to cut out big, expensive stones to be the foundation for the temple. These stones were carefully cut.
“If you obey all my laws and commands, I will do the thing for you that I promised your father David.
God said, “Go and tell these things to my servant David: The Lord says, ‘David, you are not the person to build a house for me to live in.
But God said to me, ‘No David, you must not build a house for my name. You must not do that because you are a soldier, and you have killed many men.’
People make their plans. But it is the Lord who makes those things happen.
This is what the Lord says,\par “The skies are my throne.\par The earth is my footstool.\par So do you think you can build\par a house for me?\par No! You can’t!\par Can you give me a place to rest?\par No! You can’t!\par