2 Samuel 7:5 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵ “Go and say to My servant Dawiḏ, ‘Thus said יהוה, “Would you build a house for Me to dwell 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

And it came to be that night that the word of יהוה came to Nathan, saying,

1 Kings 5:17

And the sovereign commanded, and they brought large stones, precious stones, to lay the foundation of the House with hewn stones.

1 Kings 6:12

“This House which you are building – if you walk in My laws, and do My right-rulings, and shall guard all My commands and walk in them, then I shall confirm My word with you, which I spoke to your father Dawiḏ,

1 Chronicles 17:4

“Go, and you shall say to My servant Dawiḏ, ‘Thus said יהוה, “You do not build Me a house to dwell in.

1 Chronicles 28:3

“But Elohim said to me, ‘You do not build a house for My Name, because you have been a man of battle and have shed blood.’

Proverbs 16:1

To man belongs the preparations of the heart, But from יהוה is the answer of the tongue.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus said יהוה, “The heavens are My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where is this house that you build for Me? And where is this place of My rest?