2 Samuel 7:3

Amplified Bible

And Nathan said to the king, "Go, do everything that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Nathan told the king, “Go and do all that is on your mind, for the Lord is with you.”

Hebrew Names Version
Natan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD is with you.

King James Version
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee.

Lexham English Bible
Nathan said to the king, "Go and do all that is in your heart, for Yahweh is with you."

English Standard Version
And Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you."

New Century Version
Nathan said to the king, "Go and do what you really want to do, because the Lord is with you."

New English Translation
Nathan replied to the king, "You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you."

New American Standard Bible
Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your mind, for the LORD is with you."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Nathan sayde vnto the King, Go, and doe all that is in thine heart: for the Lord is with thee.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart, for Yahweh is with you."

Contemporary English Version
Nathan replied, "The Lord is with you, so do what you want!"

Complete Jewish Bible
Natan said to the king, "Go, do everything that is in your heart, for Adonai is with you."

Darby Translation
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thy heart; for Jehovah is with thee.

Easy-to-Read Version
Nathan said to King David, "Do whatever you want to do. The Lord will be with you."

George Lamsa Translation
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD is with you.

Good News Translation
Nathan answered, "Do whatever you have in mind, because the Lord is with you."

Literal Translation
And Nathan said to the king, All that is in your heart, go, do. For Jehovah shall be with you.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Nathan sayde vnto the kynge: Go thy waye, what so euer thou hast in thine hert, yt do: for the LORDE is wt the.

American Standard Version
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thy heart; for Jehovah is with thee.

Bible in Basic English
And Nathan said to the king, Go and do whatever is in your heart; for the Lord is with you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Nathan sayde to the king: Go, and do all that is in thyne heart, for the Lord is with thee.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Nathan said to the king: 'Go, do all that is in thy heart; for the LORD is with thee.'

King James Version (1611)
And Nathan sayde to the King, Go, doe all that is in thine heart: for the Lord is with thee.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Nathan said to the king, Go and do all that is in thine heart, for the Lord is with thee.

English Revised Version
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.

Berean Standard Bible
And Nathan replied to the king, "Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Nathan seide to the kyng, Go thou, and do al thing which is in thin herte, for the Lord is with thee.

Young's Literal Translation
And Nathan saith unto the king, `All that [is] in thine heart -- go, do, for Jehovah [is] with thee.'

Update Bible Version
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that [is] in thy heart: for the LORD [is] with thee.

World English Bible
Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you.

New King James Version
Then Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you."

New Living Translation
Nathan replied to the king, "Go ahead and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you."

New Life Bible
Nathan said to the king, "Go and do all that is in your mind. For the Lord is with you."

New Revised Standard
Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that you have in mind; for the Lord is with you."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Nathan said unto the king, All that is in thy heart, go - do, - for Yahweh is with thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Nathan said to the king: Go, do all that is in they heart: because the Lord is with thee.

Revised Standard Version
And Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD is with you."

THE MESSAGE
Nathan told the king, "Whatever is on your heart, go and do it. God is with you."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your mind, for the LORD is with you."

Contextual Overview

¹When King David lived in his house (palace) and the LORD had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, ²the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains." ³And Nathan said to the king, "Go, do everything that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

do: 2 Kings 4:27

all that: 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Kings 8:17, 1 Kings 8:18, 1 Chronicles 22:7, 1 Chronicles 28:2, Psalms 20:4, Psalms 37:4

for the: 1 Samuel 10:7, 1 John 2:27

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:7 - Do all 2 Kings 20:5 - Turn again 1 Chronicles 17:2 - for God 2 Chronicles 6:7 - General Isaiah 38:5 - and say

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Nathan said to the king, go, do till that [is] in thine heart,.... He perceived it was in his heart to build an house for God; he knew an house was to be built at one time or another, by some person or another; he knew it was a good work, and fit for a king to do, and might think this was a proper time any, he being at leisure, and therefore encouraged him to it: but inasmuch as the time when and the person by whom this was to be built were not pointed out particularly in the word of God, David and he should have consulted the Lord about it; in this they erred, and for which they were tacitly reproved; for, as the event shows, this was not the time when, nor David the person by whom, it was to be built. Nathan said this as a pious and good man, in a private capacity, not as a prophet, or under a spirit of prophecy; for prophets did not always speak under such an influence, but, as private men, said some things ignorantly and through mistake; see

1 Samuel 16:6;

for the Lord [is] with thee; prospering and succeeding him in all he undertook, giving him rest from all his enemies; and he might think that this motion he now made of building an house was from the Lord; the Targum is,

"the Word of the Lord shall be for thine help,''

or thine helper, and shall assist thee in this work. David being thus encouraged by the prophet, his thoughts were more employed about it, and he was resolute and eager to perform it; and now it was he penned the hundred thirty second psalm, in which he expresses his oath and vow to find a place to build on, Psalms 132:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 7:3. Nathan said to the king — In this case he gave his judgment as a pious and prudent man, not as a prophet; for the prophets were not always under a Divine afflatus; it was only at select times they were thus honoured.

For the Lord is with thee. — Thou hast his blessing in all that thou doest, and this pious design of thine will most certainly meet with his approbation.