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1 Chronicles 17:4-6
International Standard Version
1 Chronicles 17:4-6
International Standard Version
4 “Go tell David, my servant, ‘This is what the Lord says:
“‘“You won’t be building a house[a] for me to inhabit, will you? 5 After all, I haven’t lived in a house from the day I brought out Israel until today. Instead, I’ve lived from tent to tent and from one place to another.[b] 6 Wherever I’ve moved within all of Israel, did I ever ask even one judge of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, ‘Why haven’t you built me a cedar house?’”’
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 17:4 Lit. house; and so throughout the chapter
- 1 Chronicles 17:5 The Heb. lacks to another
1 Chronicles 17:4-6
New International Version
1 Chronicles 17:4-6
New International Version
4 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You(A) are not the one to build me a house to dwell in. 5 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt to this day. I have moved from one tent site to another, from one dwelling place to another. 6 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their leaders[a] whom I commanded to shepherd my people, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?(B)”’
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 17:6 Traditionally judges; also in verse 10
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