2 Samuel 7:5 - Revised Standard Version “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
At the king's command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
“Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my ordinances and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.
“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: You shall not build me a house to dwell in.
But God said to me, ‘You may not build a house for my name, for you are a warrior and have shed blood.’
The plans of the mind belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool; what is the house which you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?