⁴ Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:

² Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: as for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building.

³ But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

⁴ And it came to pass the same night, that the word of Jehovah came unto Nathan, saying,

⁵ Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?

¹⁹ nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

⁷ And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God.

⁸ But the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

⁸ But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart:

⁹ nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

⁸ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.

⁹ For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

³³ O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

³⁴ For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?