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1 Chronicles 17:4

“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.

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ASV

Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:

KJV

Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לֵ֤ךְlekhgoH1980 →
וְאָמַרְתָּ֙ve.'a.mar.Taand you will sayH559 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
דָּוִ֣ידda.VidDavidH1732 →
עַבְדִּ֔י'av.Diservant myH5650 →
כֹּ֖הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
אַתָּ֛ה'a.TahyouH859 →
תִּבְנֶה־tiv.neh-you will buildH1129 →
לִּ֥יlifor me
הַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004 →
לָשָֽׁבֶת׃la.Sha.vetto dwell inH3427 →

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1 Chronicles 28:3but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’1 Chronicles 28:2–3Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,1 Kings 8:19Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’2 Samuel 7:4–5But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,Isaiah 55:8–9“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.2 Chronicles 6:8–9But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.Romans 11:33–34O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!1 Chronicles 22:7–8“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,2 Chronicles 6:9Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’2 Samuel 7:5“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?Deuteronomy 3:26But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.

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