4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
4 "Go and tell my servant David, '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.
4 "Go and tell my servant David, This is God's word on the matter: You will not build me a 'house' to live in.
4 "Go and tell My servant David, 'Thus says the Lord: "You shall not build Me a house to dwell in.
4 "Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the Lord has declared: You are not the one to build a house for me to live in.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 17:4
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David's purposes; God's gracious promises.
This chapter is the same as Isaiah 42:1; and it is for his sake, upon account of his mediation, that the promises are made good to all believers; it is in him, that they are yea and amen. For His sake it is done, for his sake it is made known; to him we owe all this greatness, from him we are to expect all these great things. They are the unsearchable riches of Christ, which, if by faith we see in themselves, and see in the Lord Jesus, we cannot but magnify as the only true greatness, and speak honourably of them. For this blessedness may we look amidst the trials of life, and when we feel the hand of death upon us; and seek it for our children after us.