1 Chronicles 17:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.”
1 Chronicles 17:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Chronicles 17:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Chronicles 17:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tent to another.”
1 Chronicles 17:5 — World English Bible
1 Chronicles 17:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. ”
1 Chronicles 17:5 — American Standard Version
1 Chronicles 17:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel till this day, and I am from tent unto tent: and from the tabernacle,”
1 Chronicles 17:5 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Chronicles 17:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but I have been from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another]. ”
1 Chronicles 17:5 — Darby Translation
1 Chronicles 17:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For I haue dwelt in no house, since the day that I brought out the childre of Israel vnto this daye, but I haue bene from tent to tent, and from habitation to habitation.”
1 Chronicles 17:5 — Geneva Bible
1 Chronicles 17:5 in Context — 1 Chronicles 17
3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
What Does 1 Chronicles 17:5 Mean?
1 Chronicles 17:5 is a verse from the Book of 1 Chronicles, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Chronicles chapter 17. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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