2 Samuel 7:7
New English Translation
7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say[a] to any of their leaders[b] whom I appointed to care for[c] my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’
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- 2 Samuel 7:7 tn Heb “Did I speak a word?” In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question.
- 2 Samuel 7:7 tn Heb “tribes of Israel” (so KJV, NASB, NCV), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges of Israel.”
- 2 Samuel 7:7 tn Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so NIV, NRSV).
2 Samuel 7:7
New International Version
2 Samuel 7:7
King James Version
7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
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