2 Samuel 7:4 - The Message

^4-7 But that night, the word of God came to Nathan saying, “Go and tell my servant David: This is God’s word on the matter: You’re going to build a ‘house’ for me to live in? Why, I haven’t lived in a ‘house’ from the time I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt till now. All that time I’ve moved about with nothing but a tent. And in all my travels with Israel, did I ever say to any of the leaders I commanded to shepherd Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built me a house of cedar?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And it came to pass the same night, that the word of Jehovah came unto Nathan, saying,

Common English Bible

⁴ But that very night the LORD’s word came to Nathan:

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ But it happened in that night, behold, the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:

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