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2 Samuel 7:3
3Nathan replied to the king, ‘Do what you think is right. The Lord will help you.’
2 Samuel 7:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Nathan replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the Lord is with you.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.”
Context of 2 Samuel 7:3
1The king was living in his palace. The Lord kept him safe from all his enemies everywhere. 2One day, the king said to Nathan the prophet, ‘I am living in a beautiful palace that is made of cedar wood. But God's Covenant Box still has a tent for its home!’ Nathan replied to the king, ‘Do what you think is right. The Lord will help you.’ 4But that night the Lord said to Nathan, 5‘Go and tell my servant David, “The Lord says this: Do not think that you are the right man to build a house for me to live in.
Read all of 2 Samuel 72 Samuel 7:3 word by word
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר נָתָן֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּֽלְבָבְךָ֖ לֵ֣ךְ עֲשֵׂ֑ה כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה עִמָּֽךְ׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Samuel 7:3
- 2 Kings 4:27But when she reached the man of God at Mount Carmel, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi came to push her away. But the man of God said, ‘Leave her alone. She is very upset. But the Lord has hidden the reason from me. He did not tell me about her problem.’
- 1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not look at how handsome or how tall Eliab is. I have not chosen him. The Lord does not look at people in the way that people do. People look at the face and body of a person. But the Lord sees what they are like inside.’
- 1 Kings 8:17My father David wanted very much to build a temple to give honour to the Lord, Israel's God.
- 1 Chronicles 22:7He said to Solomon, ‘My son, I really wanted to build a house for the Lord my God, to give honour to him.
- 1 Chronicles 28:2King David stood up and he said, ‘Listen to me, my people. I wanted to build a house where we could put the Lord's Covenant Box. It would be like a place for our God to rest his feet. I prepared the things that I would need to build a temple.
- Psalms 20:4May God give to you all the things that you really want. He will help you to do everything that you want to do.
- Psalms 37:4Be happy that the Lord is your friend. He will give you what you most want.
- 1 Samuel 10:7After you see these things happen, you must do whatever seems right to you. God will be with you.
- 1 John 2:27But Christ has given the Holy Spirit to you, and he continues to help you. So you do not need people to teach you what is true. The Holy Spirit himself teaches you everything about God's message. He helps you to know what is true. He does not tell you any lies. So you must remember what he has taught you. Continue to live together with Christ.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 7:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Nathan said to the king - In this case he gave his judgment as a pious and prudent man, not as a prophet; for the prophets were not always under a Divine afflatus; it was only at select times they were thus honored. For the Lord is with thee - Thou hast his blessing in all that thou doest, and this pious design of thine will most certainly meet with his approbation.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Go and do all that is in your heart: Nathan’s counsel to David was Nathan’s own idea. As it turned out, God disqualified David from building the temple (see 1 Chronicles 22:8). Even true prophets can make mistakes when they speak from their own ideas instead of God's guidance.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart--The piety of the design commended it to the prophet's mind, and he gave his hasty approval and encouragement to the royal plans. The prophets, when following the impulse of their own feelings, or forming conjectural opinions, fell into frequent mistakes. (See on 1Sa 16:6; 2Ki 4:27). 2Sa 7:4-17. God Appoints His Successor to Build It.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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