Verse 5

2 Samuel 7:5

New Living Translation

5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD has declared: Are you the one to build a house for me to live in?<br>

Original Language Text

hebrew

לֵ֤ךְ וְ/אָֽמַרְתָּ֙ אֶל עַבְדִּ֣/י אֶל דָּוִ֔ד כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה הַ/אַתָּ֛ה תִּבְנֶה לִּ֥/י בַ֖יִת לְ/שִׁבְתִּֽ/י

English Translation

Go and say to my servant David, thus says the Lord: Are you the one who will build for me a house to dwell in?

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Chapter 7 Context

1 When King David was settled in his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all the surrounding e... Focus ↗

2 the king summoned Nathan the prophet. “Look,” David said, “I am living in a beautiful cedar palace,... Focus ↗

3 Nathan replied to the king, “Go ahead and do whatever you have in mind, for the LORD is with you.” Focus ↗

4 But that same night the LORD said to Nathan, Focus ↗

5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD has declared: Are you the one to build a house...

6 I have never lived in a house, from the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until this very da... Focus ↗

7 Yet no matter where I have gone with the Israelites, I have never once complained to Israel’s tribal... Focus ↗

8 “Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has declared: I took... Focus ↗

9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before your eyes.... Focus ↗

10 And I will provide a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure place where they will... Focus ↗

11 starting from the time I appointed judges to rule my people Israel. And I will give you rest from al... Focus ↗

12 For when you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will raise up one of your descendants, your o... Focus ↗

13 He is the one who will build a house — a temple — for my name. And I will secure his royal throne fo... Focus ↗

14 I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he sins, I will correct and discipline him with the... Focus ↗

15 But my favor will not be taken from him as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from your sight.<br> Focus ↗

16 Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure for... Focus ↗

17 So Nathan went back to David and told him everything the LORD had said in this vision. Focus ↗

18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and prayed, “Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is... Focus ↗

19 And now, Sovereign LORD, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your servant a lasting... Focus ↗

20 “What more can I say to you? You know what your servant is really like, Sovereign LORD.<br> Focus ↗

21 Because of your promise and according to your will, you have done all these great things and have ma... Focus ↗

22 “How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you. We have never even heard of another... Focus ↗

23 What other nation on earth is like your people Israel? What other nation, O God (Elohim), have you r... Focus ↗

24 You made Israel your very own people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God (Elohim).<br> Focus ↗

25 “And now, O LORD God (Elohim), I am your servant; do as you have promised concerning me and my famil... Focus ↗

26 And may your name be honored forever so that everyone will say, ‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is God... Focus ↗

27 “O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, God (Elohim) of Israel, I have been bold enough to pray this prayer to y... Focus ↗

28 For you are God (Elohim), O Sovereign LORD. Your words are truth, and you have promised these good t... Focus ↗

29 And now, may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever befor... Focus ↗

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