1 Chronicles 17:4
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
In other versions
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:
ASV
Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:
BBE
Go and say to David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in;
DBY
Go and tell David my servant, Thus says Yahweh, You shall not build me a house to dwell in:
WEB
`Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in:
YLT
Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build me an house to dwell in:
ENG
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:
WBT
“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.
BSB
In context
2Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
3And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
5For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
6Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
Cross-references
People in this verse
- David