KJV King James Version
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that [is] in thine heart; for the LORD [is] with thee.
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2 Samuel 7:3
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that [is] in thine heart; for the LORD [is] with thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
WEB World English Bible
Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thy heart; for Jehovah is with thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Nathan saith unto the king, ‘All that is in thine heart—go, do, for Jehovah is with thee.’
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 7
1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that [is] in thine heart; for the LORD [is] with thee.
4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,
5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
6 Whereas I have not dwelt in [any] house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayנָתָן֙H5416 · na.tanNathanאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingכֹּ֛לH3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichבִּֽלְבָבְךָ֖H3824 · le.vavheartלֵ֣ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentעֲשֵׂ֑הH6213 · a.sahto make: doכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDעִמָּֽךְ׃ סH5973 · imwith
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 22:7And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:1 Kings 8:17-18And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.1 Chronicles 28:2Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:2 Kings 4:27And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul [is] vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid [it] from me, and hath not told me.1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.1 Samuel 10:7And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, [that] thou do as occasion serve thee; for God [is] with thee.Psalm 37:4Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.Psalm 20:4Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.1 John 2:27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
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