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?
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?
KJV
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
⋯
Commentary
1 voiceVoices on this verse
loading…Original language & word study
14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לֵ֤ךְ | lekh | go | H1980 → |
| וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ | ve.'a.mar.Ta | and you will say | H559 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| עַבְדִּ֣י | 'av.Di | servant my | H5650 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| דָּוִ֔ד | da.Vid | David | H1732 → |
| כֹּ֖ה | koh | thus | H3541 → |
| אָמַ֣ר | 'a.Mar | he says | H559 → |
| יְהוָ֑ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| הַאַתָּ֛ה | ha.'a.Tah | ¿ you | H859 → |
| תִּבְנֶה־ | tiv.neh- | will you build | H1129 → |
| לִּ֥י | li | for <the> me | |
| בַ֖יִת | Va.yit | a house | H1004 → |
| לְשִׁבְתִּֽי׃ | le.shiv.Ti | to dwell in I | H3427 → |
The walk
Featured studies on this passage
On 2 Samuel 7:5
The Davidic Covenant — 2 Samuel 7
Open the study →
On 2 Samuel 7:5
The House
Open the study →
Walks through 2 Samuel 7
1 Chronicles: the Study Guide
Open the study →
Walks through 2 Samuel 7
The Covenants
Six covenants in succession, cumulative rather than replacing. Adamic, Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, New. Each narrowing the line of promise while widening the scope of fulfillment.
Open the study →
Walks through 2 Samuel 7
The Genealogies of Christ
Two genealogies, two different fathers for Joseph, two different sons of David. Behind the apparent contradiction is some of the most elegant theological architecture in scripture.
Open the study →
Walks through 2 Samuel 7
The Seed Promise
The Bible's oldest and longest prophecy, traced through twelve progressive narrowings from Eden to Bethlehem — each stop eliminating candidates until only one person could fulfill it.
Open the study →
About 2 Samuel
