2 Samuel 7:5

2 Samuel 7:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
• 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 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

3Then Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.” 4But it happened that night that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, “Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Would you build a house for Me to dwell in? 6For I have not dwelt in a house since the time that I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt, even to this day, but have moved about in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7Wherever I have moved about with all the children of Israel, have I ever spoken a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• 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 5:3You know how my father David could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the wars which were fought against him on every side, until the Lord put his foes under the soles of his feet.
• 1 Kings 8:16‘Since the day that I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that My name might be there; but I chose David to be over My people Israel.’
• 1 Chronicles 17:4“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “You shall not build Me a house to dwell in.
• 1 Chronicles 22:7And David said to Solomon: “My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house to the name of the Lord my God;
• 1 Chronicles 23:3Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-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

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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