2 Samuel 7:5 - Easy To Read Version

⁵ “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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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

⁵ Go and tell My servant David, Thus says the Lord: Shall you build Me a house in which to dwell?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁵ 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

⁵ "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

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

2 Samuel 7:5 Cross References

2 Samuel 7:4

But that night, the Lord’s word came to Nathan. The Lord said,

1 Kings 5:17

King Solomon commanded them to cut out big, expensive stones to be the foundation for the temple. These stones were carefully cut.

1 Kings 6:12

“If you obey all my laws and commands, I will do the thing for you that I promised your father David.

1 Chronicles 17:4

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.

1 Chronicles 28:3

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.’

Proverbs 16:1

People make their plans. But it is the Lord who makes those things happen.

Isaiah 66:1

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