2 Samuel 7:5

2 Samuel 7:5 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in?
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in?
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Would you build a house for Me to dwell in?
• New Living Translation (NLT)“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?

Context of 2 Samuel 7:5

3And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee. 4And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying, Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? 6Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

2 Samuel 7:5 word by word

לֵ֤ךְ וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ אֶל־עַבְדִּ֣י אֶל־דָּוִ֔ד כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה הַאַתָּ֛ה תִּבְנֶה־לִּ֥י בַ֖יִת לְשִׁבְתִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• and tellאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• my servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Shalt thou buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• me an houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• for me to dwell inיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 7:5

• 1 Kings 5:3Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
• 1 Kings 8:16Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
• 1 Chronicles 17:4Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
• 1 Chronicles 22:7And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God:
• 1 Chronicles 23:3Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 7:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Shalt thou build me a house - That is, Thou shalt not: this is the force of the interrogative in such a case.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-17Verses 4-17 Blessings are promised to the family and posterity of David. These promises relate to Solomon, David's immediate successor, and the royal line of Judah. But they also relate to Christ, who is often called David and the Son of David. To him God gave all power in heaven and earth, with authority to execute judgment. He was to build the gospel temple, a house for God's name; the spiritual temple of true believers, to be a habitation of God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Are you the one?: God wanted someone to build a house for him, but David was not the right person.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-174-17. it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan--The command was given to the prophet on the night immediately following; that is, before David could either take any measures or incur any expenses.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 7:5

• Nathan
• Prophets
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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