| Holman Christian Standard Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Look! I am living in a cedar house while the ark of the LORD's covenant is under tent curtains." | 1Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.” |
| 2So Nathan told David, "Do all that is on your heart, for God is with you." | 2And Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.” |
| 3But that night the word of God came to Nathan: " | 3But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, |
| 4Go 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. | 4“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: It is not you who will build me a house to dwell in. |
| 5From the time I brought Israel out of Egypt until today I have not lived in a house; instead, I have moved from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle. | 5For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from dwelling to dwelling. |
| 6In all My travels throughout Israel, have I ever spoken a word to even one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, asking: Why haven't you built Me a house of cedar?" | 6In all places where I have moved with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’ |
| 7Now this is what you will say to My servant David: 'This is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from following the sheep to be ruler over My people Israel. | 7Now, 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, to be prince over my people Israel, |
| 8I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a name for you like that of the greatest in the land. | 8and I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. |
| 9I will establish a place for My people Israel and plant them, so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they formerly have | 9And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall waste them no more, as formerly, |
| 10ever since the day I ordered judges to be over My people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies." Furthermore, I declare to you that the LORD Himself will build a house for you. | 10from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build you a house. |
| 11When your time comes to be with your fathers, I will raise up after you your descendant, who is one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. | 11When your days are fulfilled to walk with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. |
| 12He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever. | 12He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. |
| 13I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. I will not take away My faithful love from him as I took it from the one who was before you. | 13I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from him who was before you, |
| 14I will appoint him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.'" | 14but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.’” |
| 15Nathan reported all these words and this entire vision to David. | 15In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David. |
| 16Then King David went in, sat in the LORD's presence, and said, Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house that You have brought me this far? | 16Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? |
| 17This was a little thing to You, God, for You have spoken about Your servant's house in the distant future. You regard me as a man of distinction, LORD God. | 17And this was a small thing in your eyes, O God. You have also spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have shown me future generations, O LORD God! |
| 18What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? You know Your servant. | 18And what more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant. |
| 19 LORD, You have done all this greatness, making known all these great promises because of Your servant and according to Your will. | 19For your servant’s sake, O LORD, and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. |
| 20 LORD, there is no one like You, and there is no God besides You, as all we have heard confirms. | 20There is none like you, O LORD, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. |
| 21And who is like Your people Israel? God, You came to one nation on earth to redeem a people for Yourself, to make a name for Yourself through great and awesome works by driving out nations before Your people You redeemed from Egypt. | 21And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making for yourself a name for great and awesome things, in driving out nations before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt? |
| 22You made Your people Israel Your own people forever, and You, LORD, have become their God. | 22And you made your people Israel to be your people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God. |
| 23Now, LORD, let the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be confirmed forever, and do as You have promised. | 23And now, O LORD, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as you have spoken, |
| 24Let Your name be confirmed and magnified forever in the saying, "Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel." May the house of Your servant David be established before You. | 24and your name will be established and magnified forever, saying, ‘The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel’s God,’ and the house of your servant David will be established before you. |
| 25Since You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build him a house, Your servant has found courage to pray in Your presence. | 25For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. Therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you. |
| 26Yahweh, You indeed are God, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant. | 26And now, O LORD, you are God, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. |
| 27So now, You have been pleased to bless Your servant's house that it may continue before You forever. For You, LORD, have blessed it, and it is blessed forever. | 27Now you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you, for it is you, O LORD, who have blessed, and it is blessed forever.” |
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