2 Samuel 7:5 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 7:5 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
לֵ֤ךְ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
עַבְדִּ֣י
ʻebed
H5650
servant
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
דָּוִ֔ד
Dâvid
H1732
David
כֹּ֖ה
kôh
H3541
thus
אָמַ֣ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֑ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
הַאַתָּ֛ה
ʼattâh
H859
you
תִּבְנֶה
bânâh
H1129
to build
לִּ֥י
בַ֖יִת
bayith
H1004
house
לְשִׁבְתִּֽי
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Go and tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?
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King James Version Public Domain
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
“Go, and you shall say to my servant, to David, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “You, will you build for me a house for my dwelling?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).