17:1 And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah (dwelleth) under curtains.
17:1 And it came about, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under curtains."
17:2 And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee.
17:2 Then Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you."
17:3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
17:3 And it came about the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
17:4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:
17:4 "Go and tell David My servant, 'Thus says the LORD," You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;
17:5 for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from (one) tabernacle (to another).
17:5 for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from [one] dwelling place [to another.]
17:6 In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?
17:6 "In all places where I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, 'Why have you not built for Me a house of cedar?'" '
17:7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people Israel:
17:7 "Now, therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts," I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be leader over My people Israel.
17:8 and I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.
17:8 "And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
17:9 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first,
17:9 "And I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and be moved no more; neither shall the wicked waste them anymore as formerly,
17:10 and (as) from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all thine enemies. Moreover I tell thee that Jehovah will build thee a house.
17:10 even from the day that I commanded judges [to be] over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I tell you that the LORD will build a house for you.
17:11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
17:11 "And it shall come about when your days are fulfilled that you must go [to be] with your fathers, that I will set up [one of] your descendants after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
17:12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
17:12 "He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
17:13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;
17:13 "I will be his father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.
17:14 but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.
17:14 "But I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever." '"
17:15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
17:15 According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
17:16 Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
17:16 Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD and said, " Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house that Thou hast brought me this far?
17:17 And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.
17:17 "And this was a small thing in Thine eyes, O God; but Thou hast spoken of Thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the standard of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
17:18 What can David (say) yet more unto thee concerning the honor which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
17:18 "What more can David still [say] to Thee concerning the honor [bestowed] on Thy servant? For Thou knowest Thy servant.
17:19 O Jehovah, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all (these) great things.
17:19 "O LORD, for Thy servant's sake, and according to Thine own heart, Thou hast wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
17:20 O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
17:20 "O LORD, there is none like Thee, neither is there any God besides Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
17:21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemest out of Egypt?
17:21 "And what one nation in the earth is like Thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself [as] a people, to make Thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before Thy people, whom Thou didst redeem out of Egypt?
17:22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.
17:22 "For Thy people Israel Thou didst make Thine own people forever, and Thou, O LORD, didst become their God.
17:23 And now, O Jehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.
17:23 "And now, O LORD, let the word that Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as Thou hast spoken.
17:24 And let thy name be established and magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David thy servant is established before thee.
17:24 "And let Thy name be established and magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, [even] a God to Israel; and the house of David Thy servant is established before Thee.'
17:25 For thou, O my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefore hath thy servant found (in his heart) to pray before thee.
17:25 "For Thou, O my God, hast revealed to Thy servant that Thou wilt build for him a house; therefore Thy servant hath found [courage] to pray before Thee.
17:26 And now, O Jehovah, thou art God, and hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:
17:26 "And now, O LORD, Thou art God, and hast promised this good thing to Thy servant.
17:27 and now it hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it is blessed for ever.
17:27 "And now it hath pleased Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that it may continue forever before Thee; for Thou, O LORD, hast blessed, and it is blessed forever."
17:1 And it came about, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under curtains."
17:2 And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee.
17:2 Then Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you."
17:3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
17:3 And it came about the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
17:4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:
17:4 "Go and tell David My servant, 'Thus says the LORD," You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;
17:5 for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from (one) tabernacle (to another).
17:5 for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from [one] dwelling place [to another.]
17:6 In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?
17:6 "In all places where I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, 'Why have you not built for Me a house of cedar?'" '
17:7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people Israel:
17:7 "Now, therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts," I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be leader over My people Israel.
17:8 and I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.
17:8 "And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
17:9 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first,
17:9 "And I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and be moved no more; neither shall the wicked waste them anymore as formerly,
17:10 and (as) from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all thine enemies. Moreover I tell thee that Jehovah will build thee a house.
17:10 even from the day that I commanded judges [to be] over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I tell you that the LORD will build a house for you.
17:11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
17:11 "And it shall come about when your days are fulfilled that you must go [to be] with your fathers, that I will set up [one of] your descendants after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
17:12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
17:12 "He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
17:13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;
17:13 "I will be his father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.
17:14 but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.
17:14 "But I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever." '"
17:15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
17:15 According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
17:16 Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
17:16 Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD and said, " Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house that Thou hast brought me this far?
17:17 And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.
17:17 "And this was a small thing in Thine eyes, O God; but Thou hast spoken of Thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the standard of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
17:18 What can David (say) yet more unto thee concerning the honor which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
17:18 "What more can David still [say] to Thee concerning the honor [bestowed] on Thy servant? For Thou knowest Thy servant.
17:19 O Jehovah, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all (these) great things.
17:19 "O LORD, for Thy servant's sake, and according to Thine own heart, Thou hast wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
17:20 O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
17:20 "O LORD, there is none like Thee, neither is there any God besides Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
17:21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemest out of Egypt?
17:21 "And what one nation in the earth is like Thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself [as] a people, to make Thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before Thy people, whom Thou didst redeem out of Egypt?
17:22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.
17:22 "For Thy people Israel Thou didst make Thine own people forever, and Thou, O LORD, didst become their God.
17:23 And now, O Jehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.
17:23 "And now, O LORD, let the word that Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as Thou hast spoken.
17:24 And let thy name be established and magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David thy servant is established before thee.
17:24 "And let Thy name be established and magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, [even] a God to Israel; and the house of David Thy servant is established before Thee.'
17:25 For thou, O my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefore hath thy servant found (in his heart) to pray before thee.
17:25 "For Thou, O my God, hast revealed to Thy servant that Thou wilt build for him a house; therefore Thy servant hath found [courage] to pray before Thee.
17:26 And now, O Jehovah, thou art God, and hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:
17:26 "And now, O LORD, Thou art God, and hast promised this good thing to Thy servant.
17:27 and now it hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it is blessed for ever.
17:27 "And now it hath pleased Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that it may continue forever before Thee; for Thou, O LORD, hast blessed, and it is blessed forever."