2 Samuel 7:4

4 But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying:

2 Samuel 7:4 in Other Translations

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

4 But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan,

4 But that same night the LORD said to Nathan,

4 But that night, the word of God came to Nathan saying,

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

4 But that same night the LORD spoke his word to Nathan:

4 But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan:

4 That night the word of the LORD came to Nathan. The LORD said,

2 Samuel 7:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 7:4

And it came to pass that night
The same night following the day in which David and Nathan had had the above conversation, that neither of them might continue long in their error and mistake, and especially lest David, in his great zeal and warm affection, should take an hasty and improper step:

that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan;
the word of prophecy, as the Targum; before he was not under a prophetic influence, but spoke in his own words, and had not the word of God; but now it came to him:

saying;
as follows.

2 Samuel 7:4 In-Context

2 he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

3 Nathan replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the LORD is with you.”

4 But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying:

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?

6 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day. I have been moving from place to place with a tent as my dwelling.