1 Chronicles 17:4
Berean Standard Bible (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.
In context
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,
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.
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?’
1 Chronicles 17:4 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “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 King James Version
- Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
- WEB World English Bible
- “Go and tell David my servant, ‘The LORD says, “You shall not build me a house to dwell in;
- ASV American Standard Version
- Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in:
- DBY Darby Translation
- Go and say to David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in;
- WBS Webster Bible
- Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in: