2 Samuel 7:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““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?”
Read 2 Samuel 7:5 in the flow of 2 Samuel7 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open 2 Samuel7 to see the surrounding context.
““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?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Go, and thou hast said unto My servant, unto David, Thus said Jehovah, Dost thou build for Me a house for My dwelling in?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 7:5 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 5:3“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
- 1 Kings 5:17And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
- 1 Kings 8:16‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
- 1 Chronicles 17:4“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.
- 1 Chronicles 22:7“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
- 1 Chronicles 23:3The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
- 1 Chronicles 28:3but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’
- Proverbs 16:1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
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