2 Samuel 7:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Samuel 7:5

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

“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?

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KJV

King James Version

Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

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WEB

World English Bible

“Go and tell my servant David, ‘The LORD says, “Should you build me a house for me to dwell in?

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ASV

American Standard Version

Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Samuel 7

³ And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”

⁴ But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,

⁵ “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?

⁶ For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.

⁷ In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

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