1 Chronicles 17:4 "Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.

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New International Version
"Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.

English Standard Version
“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: It is not you who will build me a house to dwell in.

New American Standard Bible
"Go and tell David My servant, 'Thus says the LORD, "You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Go to David My servant and say, 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house to dwell in.

International Standard Version
"Go tell David, my servant, 'This is what the Lord says: "'"You won't be building a house for me to inhabit, will you?

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Go, and speak to David my servant: Thus saith the Lord: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in.

Darby Bible Translation
Go and say to David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in;

Young's Literal Translation
'Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in:

Cross References

1 Chronicles 17:3
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

1 Chronicles 28:2
Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: As for me, I had in my heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

1 Chronicles 28:3
But God said to me, You shall not build an house for my name, because you have been a man of war, and have shed blood.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

17:1-27 David's purposes; God's gracious promises. - This chapter is the same as 2Sa 7. See what is there said upon it. It is very observable that what in Samuel is said to be, for thy word's sake, is here said to be, "for thy servant's sake," ver. 19. Jesus Christ is both the Word of God, Re 19:13, and the Servant of God, Isa 42:1; and it is for his sake, upon account of his mediation, that the promises are made good to all believers; it is in him, that they are yea and amen. For His sake it is done, for his sake it is made known; to him we owe all this greatness, from him we are to expect all these great things. They are the unsearchable riches of Christ, which, if by faith we see in themselves, and see in the Lord Jesus, we cannot but magnify as the only true greatness, and speak honourably of them. For this blessedness may we look amidst the trials of life, and when we feel the hand of death upon us; and seek it for our children after us.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

CHAPTER 17

1Ch 17:1-10. David Forbidden to Build God a House.

1. as David sat in his house—The details of this chapter were given in nearly similar terms (2Sa 7:1-29). The date was towards the latter end of David's reign, for it is expressly said in the former book to have been at the cessation of all his wars. But as to narrate the preparations for the removal of the ark and the erection of the temple was the principal object of the historian, the exact chronology is not followed.