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Hebrew Names Version

2 Samuel 7:4

It happened the same night, that the word of the LORD came to Natan, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Nathan;   Prophets;   Temple;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Visions;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Nathan;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Israel;   Mediator, Mediation;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Beth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Covenant;   Jerusalem;   Nathan;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Messiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Nathan ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Temple;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Nathan (1);   Tent;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   David;   Dreams;   Nathan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan:
King James Version
And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,
Lexham English Bible
But it happened that night, the word of Yahweh 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 the Lord spoke his word to Nathan,
New English Translation
That night the Lord told Nathan,
Amplified Bible
But it happened that night that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
New American Standard Bible
But in the same night, the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the same night the worde of the Lorde came vnto Nathan, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened in the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying,
Contemporary English Version
That night, the Lord told Nathan
Complete Jewish Bible
But that same night the word of Adonai came to Natan:
Darby Translation
And it came to pass that night that the word of Jehovah came to Nathan, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
But that night, the Lord 's word came to Nathan:
George Lamsa Translation
And it came to pass that very night, the word of the LORD came to Nathan, the prophet, saying.
Good News Translation
But that night the Lord said to Nathan,
Literal Translation
And it happened in that night, the Word of Jehovah was to Nathan, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the same nighte came ye worde of the LORDE vnto Nathan, & sayde:
American Standard Version
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of Jehovah came unto Nathan, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the same night the worde of the Lorde came vnto Nathan, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe that night, that the word of the Lord came vnto 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 the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe it was don in that niyt, and lo! the word of the Lord, seiynge to Nathan, Go thou,
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass in that night, that the word of Jehovah is unto Nathan, saying,
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
World English Bible
It happened the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying,
New King James Version
But it happened that night that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
New Living Translation
But that same night the Lord 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:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But so it was, in that night, that the word of Yahweh came unto Nathan, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
But it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:
Revised Standard Version
But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan,
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're going to build a ‘house' for me to live in? Why, I haven't lived in a ‘house' from the time I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt till now. All that time I've moved about with nothing but a tent. And in all my travels with 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)
But in the same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,

Contextual Overview

4 It happened the same night, that the word of the LORD came to Natan, saying, 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in? 6 for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Yisra'el out of Mitzrayim, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tent. 7 In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Yisra'el, spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Yisra'el, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Yisra'el, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar? 8 Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD of Hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Yisra'el; 9 and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are in the eretz. 10 I will appoint a place for my people Yisra'el, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first, 11 and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Yisra'el; and I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover the LORD tells you that the LORD will make you a house. 12 When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that night: Numbers 12:6, 1 Chronicles 17:3, Amos 3:7

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 12:25 - Nathan 1 Chronicles 17:4 - Thou shalt not

Cross-References

Genesis 2:5
No plant of the field was yet in the eretz, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the eretz. There was not a man to till the ground,
Genesis 6:3
The LORD said, "My spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
Genesis 6:7
The LORD said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."
Genesis 6:13
God said to Noach, "The end of all flesh has come before me, for the eretz is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the eretz.
Genesis 6:17
I, even, I do bring the flood of waters on this eretz, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the eretz will die.
Genesis 7:10
It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the eretz.
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noach's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.
Genesis 7:12
The rain was on the eretz forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 7:17
The flood was forty days on the eretz. The waters increased, and lifted up the teivah, and it was lifted up above the eretz.
Genesis 7:21
All flesh died that moved on the eretz, including birds, cattle, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the eretz, and every man.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass that night,.... The same night following the day in which David and Nathan had had the above conversation, that neither of them might continue long in their error and mistake, and especially lest David, in his great zeal and warm affection, should take an hasty and improper step:

that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan; the word of prophecy, as the Targum; before he was not under a prophetic influence, but spoke in his own words, and had not the word of God; but now it came to him:

saying; as follows.


 
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