2 Samuel 7:5 - New International Version (Anglicised)

‘Go and tell my servant David, “This is what the Lord says: are you the one to build me a house to dwell in?

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King 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?

2 Samuel 7:5 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 7:4

But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:

1 Kings 5:17

At the king’s command they removed from the quarry large blocks of high-grade stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.

1 Kings 6:12

‘As for this temple you are building, if you follow my decrees, observe my laws and keep all my commands and obey them, I will fulfil through you the promise I gave to David your father.

1 Chronicles 17:4

‘Go and tell my servant David, “This is what the Lord says: you are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.

1 Chronicles 28:3

But God said to me, “You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.”

Proverbs 16:1

To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says: ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting-place be?