So the Lord sent Nathan to David. When he arrived, he said to him: There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
2 Samuel 7:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass the same night, that the word of Jehovah came unto Nathan, saying, Common English Bible But that very night the LORD’s word came to Nathan: Catholic Public Domain Version But it happened in that night, behold, the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying: |
So the Lord sent Nathan to David. When he arrived, he said to him: There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
So Nathan told the king, ‘Go and do all that is on your mind, for the Lord is with you.’
‘Go to my servant David and say, “This is what the Lord says: Are you to build me a house to dwell in?
‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city to build a temple in among any of the tribes of Israel, so that my name would be there. But I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’
Indeed, the Lord God does nothing without revealing his counsel to his servants the prophets.
he said: ‘Listen to what I say: If there is a prophet among you from the Lord, I make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.