NET Bible
"“Go, tell my servant David:‘This is what the LORD says:“You must not build me a house in which to live."
— 1 Chronicles 17:4, NET Bible
“Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:”
“Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in: ”
“"Go and tell David my servant, 'Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not build me a house to dwell in;”
“Go, and speak to David my servant: Thus saith the Lord: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in.”
“Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:”
“Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:”
God Makes a Promise to David When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet,“Look, I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of the LORD’s covenant is under a tent.”
Nathan said to David,“You should do whatever you have in mind, for God is with you.”
That night God told Nathan,
“Go, tell my servant David:‘This is what the LORD says:“You must not build me a house in which to live.
For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places.
Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’
“So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:“I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.