World English Bible
""Go and tell David my servant, 'Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not build me a house to dwell in;"
— 1 Chronicles 17:4, World English 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, tell my servant David:‘This is what the LORD says:“You must not build me a house in which to live.”
“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:”
It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh is under curtains."
Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you."
It happened the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
"Go and tell David my servant, 'Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not build me a house to dwell in;
for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tent to another.
In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"'
"Now therefore, you shall tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies, "I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.