2 Samuel 7:3
New International Version
Nathan replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, 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.”

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

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

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

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

NASB 1995
Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your mind, for the LORD is with you.”

NASB 1977
And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your mind, for the LORD is with you.”

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

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Nathan told the king, “Go and do all that is on your heart, for the LORD is with you.”

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Nathan said to the King: “Do all that is in your heart, because LORD JEHOVAH is with you!”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Nathan said to the king, Go and do all that is in thine heart, for the Lord is with thee.

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Nathan told the king, "Do everything you have in mind, because the LORD is with you."

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

International Standard Version
Nathan replied to the king, "Go do everything you have in mind, because the LORD is with you."

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

Literal Standard Version
And Nathan says to the king, “All that [is] in your heart—go, do, for YHWH [is] with you.”

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

New American Bible
Nathan answered the king, “Whatever is in your heart, go and do, for the LORD is with you.”

NET Bible
Nathan replied to the king, "You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the LORD is with you."

New Revised Standard Version
Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that you have in mind; for the LORD is with you.”

New Heart English Bible
Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD 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.”

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

Additional Translations ...
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Context
God's Covenant with David
2he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.” 3And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.” 4But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,…

Cross References
2 Samuel 7:4
But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,

1 Kings 8:17
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

1 Kings 8:18
But the LORD said to my father David, 'Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

1 Chronicles 22:7
"My son," said David to Solomon, "it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,


Treasury of Scripture

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

Go, do

2 Kings 4:27
And 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.

all that

1 Samuel 16:7
But 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 Kings 8:17,18
And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel…

1 Chronicles 22:7
And 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:

for the

1 Samuel 10:7
And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.

1 John 2:27
But 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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2 Samuel 7
1. Nathan, first approving the purpose of David to build God a house
4. After by the word of God forbids him
12. God promises him benefits and blessings in his seed
18. David's prayer and thanksgiving














(3) Go, do all that is in thine heart.--Nathan naturally considered that it must be right for David to execute his pious purpose; but he spoke only according to his own sense of right, and not by Divine direction.

Verse 3. - Go, do all that is in thine heart. Nathan rashly approves. The king's purpose seems so pious that he does not doubt its acceptance by God.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Nathan
נָתָן֙ (nā·ṯān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5416: Nathan -- the name of a number of Israelites

told
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

the king,
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

“Go
לֵ֣ךְ (lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

and do
עֲשֵׂ֑ה (‘ă·śêh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

all
כֹּ֛ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

that [is]
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

in your heart,
בִּֽלְבָבְךָ֖ (bil·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

is with you.”
עִמָּֽךְ׃ (‘im·māḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's 5973: With, equally with


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