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1 Chronicles 17:3

But that night the word of God came to Nathan:

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Rehoboth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Night;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Dream (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Nathan ;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Nathan (1);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Nathan;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
It happened the same night, that the word of God came to Natan, saying,
King James Version
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
English Standard Version
But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan,
New Century Version
But that night God spoke his word to Nathan, saying,
New English Translation
That night God told Nathan the prophet,
Amplified Bible
But it came about that same night that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
New American Standard Bible
But it happened that same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
World English Bible
It happened the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the same night euen the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened in the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Contemporary English Version
That night, the Lord told Nathan
Complete Jewish Bible
But that same night the word of God came to Natan:
Darby Translation
And it came to pass that night that the word of God came to Nathan saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
But that night the word of God came to Nathan.
George Lamsa Translation
And it came to pass that same night, the word of the LORD came to Nathan the prophet, saying,
Good News Translation
But that night God said to Nathan,
Lexham English Bible
And it happened that same night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Literal Translation
And it happened on that night, the Word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the same night came ye worde of God vnto Nathan, and sayde:
American Standard Version
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Bible in Basic English
But that same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the same night, it fortuned that the worde of God came to, Nathan, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass in that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
English Revised Version
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor in that nyyt the word of the Lord was maad to Nathan,
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
New King James Version
But it happened that night that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
New Living Translation
But that same night God said to Nathan,
New Life Bible
But that same night the Word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
New Revised Standard
But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But so it was that, in that night, the word of God came unto Nathan, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:
Revised Standard Version
But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan,
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass on that night that a word of God is unto Nathan, saying,
THE MESSAGE
But that night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying, "Go and tell my servant David, This is God 's word on the matter: You will not build me a ‘house' to live in. Why, I haven't lived in a ‘house' from the time I brought up the children of Israel from Egypt till now; I've gone from one tent and makeshift shelter to another. In all my travels with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the leaders I commanded to shepherd Israel, ‘Why haven't you built me a house of cedar?'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
It came about the same night that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

Contextual Overview

1When David had settled into his palace, he said to the prophet Nathan, “Look! I am living in a cedar house while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under tent curtains.” 2So Nathan told David, “Do all that is on your mind, for God is with you.” 3But that night the word of God came to Nathan: 4“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. 5From the time I brought Israel out of Egypt until today I have not dwelt in a house; instead, I have moved from one tent site to another, and from one tabernacle location to another. 6In all my journeys 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?’ 7“So now this is what you are to say to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, to be ruler 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 on the earth. 9I will designate 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 have done 10ever since the day I ordered judges to be over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

word: Numbers 12:6, 2 Kings 20:1-5, Isaiah 30:21, Amos 3:7

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 7:4 - that night 1 Kings 17:2 - General Jeremiah 28:12 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth?”
Genesis 17:18
So Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael were acceptable to you!”
Genesis 17:23
So Abraham took his son Ishmael and those born in his household or purchased—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him.
Genesis 17:24
Abraham was ninety-nine years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised,
Exodus 3:6
Then he continued, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.
Numbers 14:5
Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole assembly of the Israelite community.
Numbers 16:22
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “God, God who gives breath to all, when one man sins, will you vent your wrath on the whole community?”
Numbers 16:45
“Get away from this community so that I may consume them instantly.” But they fell facedown.
Joshua 5:14
“Neither,” he replied. “I have now come as commander of the Lord’s army.”
Judges 13:20
When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the Lord went up in its flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown on the ground.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 17:1".


 
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