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God’s Covenant with David

1 Chronicles 17:4

In 11 translations

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, ‘Yahweh 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:
LSV
“Go, and you have said to My servant David, Thus said YHWH: You do not build for Me the house to dwell in.
YLT
'Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in:
DBY
Go and say to David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in;
DRC
Go, and speak to David my servant: Thus saith the Lord: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in.
GNV
Goe, and tell Dauid my seruant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not buylde me an house to dwell in:
JPS
'Go and tell David My servant: Thus saith the LORD: Thou shalt not build Me a house to dwell in;
LXXE
Go and say to David my servant, Thus said the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house for me to dwell in it.

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Original-language editions

WLC
לֵ֤ךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ֙ אֶל־דָּוִ֣יד עַבְדִּ֔י כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה לֹ֥א אַתָּ֛ה תִּבְנֶה־לִּ֥י הַבַּ֖יִת לָשָֽׁבֶת׃
LXX-Br
Πορεύου καὶ εἶπον πρὸς Δαυὶδ τὸν δοῦλόν μου, οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος, οὐ σὺ οἰκοδομήσεις μοι οἶκον τοῦ κατοικῆσαί με ἐν αὐτῷ.

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  • 1 Chronicles 28:2–3Then 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…
  • 1 Kings 8:19Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
  • 2 Samuel 7:4–5But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying, “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
  • Isaiah 55:8–9“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
  • 2 Chronicles 6:8–9But 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. Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own…
  • Romans 11:33–34O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
  • 1 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, but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house…

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