5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the Lord says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in?
5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in?
5 "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?
5 "Go and tell My servant David, 'Thus says the Lord: "Would you build a house for Me to dwell in?
5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the Lord has declared: Are you the one to build a house for me to live in?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 7:5
Commentary on 2 Samuel 7:4-17
(Read 2 Samuel 7:4-17)
Blessings are promised to the family and posterity of David. These promises relate to Solomon, David's immediate successor, and the royal line of Judah. But they also relate to Christ, who is often called David and the Son of David. To him God gave all power in heaven and earth, with authority to execute judgment. He was to build the gospel temple, a house for God's name; the spiritual temple of true believers, to be a habitation of God through the Spirit. The establishing of his house, his throne, and his kingdom for ever, can be applied to no other than to Christ and his kingdom: David's house and kingdom long since came to an end. The committing iniquity cannot be applied to the Messiah himself, but to his spiritual seed; true believers have infirmities, for which they must expect to be corrected, though they are not cast off.