1 Chronicles 17:4
2 And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
3 But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
5 For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.
6 In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
- KJV
- Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
- WEB
- “Go and tell David my servant, ‘The LORD says, “You shall not build me a house to dwell in;
- ASV
- Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:
- DARBY
- Go and say to David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in;
- BLB
- “Go and tell unto David My servant, thus says YHWH: You shall not build Me a house to dwell in.
- ÅB
- Gå og si til min tjener David: Så sier Herren: Ikke skal du bygge meg det hus jeg skal bo i.
- OTB
- "Gå og si til min tjener David,
‘Så sier Herren:
Du skal ikke bygge et hus for meg å bo i. - B1930
- Gå og si til min tjener David: Så sier Herren: Ikke skal du bygge mig det hus jeg skal bo i.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 28:2–3
Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,
Read in contextIsaiah 55:8–9
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
Read in context2 Samuel 7:4–5
But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
Read in context1 Kings 8:19
Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
Read in context2 Chronicles 6:8–9
But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
Read in contextRomans 11:33–34
O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
Read in context1 Chronicles 22:7–8
“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
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