1 Chronicles 28:10

Bishop's Bible

Take heede now, for the Lorde hath chosen thee to builde him an house of a sanctuarie: Be strong therefore & play the man.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”

Hebrew Names Version
Take heed now; for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

King James Version
Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

English Standard Version
Be careful now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong and do it."

New Century Version
Solomon, you must understand this. The Lord has chosen you to build the Temple as his holy place. Be strong and finish the job."

New English Translation
Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!"

Amplified Bible
"Consider this carefully, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be courageous and strong and do it."

New American Standard Bible
"Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be courageous and act."

World English Bible
Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Take heede now, for the Lord hath chosen thee to buylde the house of the Sanctuarie: be strong therefore, and doe it.

Legacy Standard Bible
See now, for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong and act."

Berean Standard Bible
Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it."

Contemporary English Version
The Lord has chosen you to build a temple for worshiping him. Be confident and do the work you have been assigned.

Complete Jewish Bible
See now that Adonai has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; so be strong, and do it!"

Darby Translation
Consider now, that Jehovah has chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do [it].

Easy-to-Read Version
Solomon, you must understand that the Lord has chosen you to build his holy place—the Temple. Be strong and finish the job."

George Lamsa Translation
Know now and take heed; for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary of the name of the LORD; be strong, be valiant, and do it.

Good News Translation
You must realize that the Lord has chosen you to build his holy Temple. Now do it—and do it with determination."

Lexham English Bible
Look now, for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong and do it!"

Literal Translation
Watch, now, for Jehovah has chosen you to build a house for a sanctuary. Be strong and act.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take hede now, for the LORDE hath chosen the, to buylde an house to be the Sactuary: be stronge, and make it.

American Standard Version
Take heed now; for Jehovah hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

Bible in Basic English
Now then, take note; for the Lord has made selection of you to be the builder of a house for the holy place. Be strong and do it.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.'

King James Version (1611)
Take heed now, for the Lord hath chosen thee to builde an house for the Sanctuarie: be strong, and doe it.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
See now, for the Lord has chosen thee to build him a house for a sanctuary, be strong and do it.

English Revised Version
Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Now therfor, for the Lord chees thee, for to bilde the hows of seyntuarie, be thou coumfortid, and parforme.

Update Bible Version
Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

Webster's Bible Translation
Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do [it].

New King James Version
Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it."

New Living Translation
So take this seriously. The Lord has chosen you to build a Temple as his sanctuary. Be strong, and do the work."

New Life Bible
Listen now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a place of worship. Be strong, and do it."

New Revised Standard
Take heed now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary; be strong, and act."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
See! now, that, Yahweh, hath made choice of thee, to build a house for a sanctuary - be strong and do!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore seeing the Lord hath chosen thee to build the house of the sanctuary, take courage, and do it.

Revised Standard Version
Take heed now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it."

Young's Literal Translation
See, now, for Jehovah hath fixed on thee to build a house for a sanctuary; be strong, and do.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be courageous and act."

Contextual Overview

¹ And Dauid gathered all the lordes of Israel, the lordes of the tribes, the lordes of the companies that ministred to the king by course, ye captaines ouer the thousandes and ouer the hundredes, & the lordes that had the ouersight ouer all the substaunce and possession of Dauid, & of his sonnes, with the chamberlaynes, & al the mightie and valiaunt, and all actiue men, vnto Hierusalem. ² And king Dauid stoode vp vpon his feete, and sayde: Heare me my brethren and my people, I had in myne heart to builde an house of rest, for the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde, and for the footestoole of our God, and had made redie for the building ³ But God saide vnto me: thou shalt not builde an house for my name, because thou hast ben a man of warre, and hast shed blood. ⁴ Moreouer the Lorde God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father, to be king ouer Israel for euer: for in Iuda would he choose a captaine, & of the householde of Iuda is the house of my father, & among the sonnes of my father he had a lust to me to make me king ouer all Israel. ⁵ And of all my sonnes (for the Lorde hath geuen me many sonnes) he hath chosen Solomon my sonne, to sit vpon the seate of the kingdome of the Lorde in Israel. ⁶ And he saide vnto me: Solomon thy sonne he shall builde me an house and courtes: I haue chosen him to be my sonne, and I will be his father. ⁷ I wyll stablishe his kingdome for euer, if he wyll be strong to do my commaundementes and my lawes, as it goeth this day. ⁸ Nowe therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the Lorde, and in the audience of our God, keepe and seeke for all the commaundementes of the Lorde your God, that ye may enioy a good lande, and leaue inheritaunce for your children after you for euer. ⁹ And thou Solomon my sonne, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue him with a pure heart and with a wyllyng minde: For the Lord searcheth al heartes, and vnderstandeth all the immaginations of thoughtes: And if thou seeke him, he wyll be founde of thee: but if thou forsake him, he wyll cast thee of for euer. ¹⁰ Take heede now, for the Lorde hath chosen thee to builde him an house of a sanctuarie: Be strong therefore & play the man.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Take heed now: 1 Chronicles 28:6, 1 Chronicles 22:16-19, 1 Timothy 4:16

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 3:28 - charge Joshua Deuteronomy 4:15 - Take ye Deuteronomy 31:6 - Be strong Joshua 1:6 - Be strong 2 Samuel 7:13 - He shall 1 Kings 1:20 - that thou 1 Kings 5:5 - as the Lord 1 Kings 8:13 - surely built 1 Chronicles 22:13 - be strong 1 Chronicles 28:7 - constant 1 Chronicles 28:20 - Be strong 1 Chronicles 29:1 - palace 2 Chronicles 19:6 - Take 2 Chronicles 32:7 - strong Ezra 10:4 - we also will Psalms 68:29 - Because Psalms 127:1 - build Mark 8:15 - he charged 1 Corinthians 16:13 - be Ephesians 6:4 - but Ephesians 6:10 - be 1 Timothy 6:14 - keep

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
And Tarah toke Abram his sonne, and Lot the sonne of Haran his sonnes sonne, and Sarai his daughter in lawe his sonne Abrams wyfe, and they departed together from Ur of the Chaldees, that they myght go into the land of Chanaan: and they came vnto Haran, and dwelt there.

Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercyes and trueth whiche thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt: for with my staffe came I ouer this Iordane, & nowe haue I gotten two companies.

Hosea 12:12
Iacob fled into the lande of Syria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheepe.]

Acts 7:2
And he said: Ye men, brethren, and fathers, hearken. The God of glorie appeared vnto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

Acts 25:13
And after certayne dayes, King Agrippa and Bernice came vnto Cesarea, to salute Festus.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Take heed now,.... Of offending God by forsaking him; or see, consider, and observe now what he was further about to say to him, concerning the building of the temple, as follows:

for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary; a temple for the ark, called the sanctuary, Numbers 7:9 the Targum is, the Word of the Lord hath chosen thee, &c.

be strong, and do it, be of a good heart and courage, and set about it with vigour and resolution.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 28:10. The Lord hath chosen thee — "The Word of the Lord hath chosen thee." - T.