2 Chronicles 6:2

King James Version (1611 Edition)

But I haue built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for euer.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but I have built an exalted temple for you,a place for your residence forever.

Hebrew Names Version
But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever.

King James Version
But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

English Standard Version
But I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever."

New Century Version
Lord , I have built a wonderful Temple for you—a place for you to live forever."

New English Translation
O Lord , I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently."

Amplified Bible
"I have built You a lofty house, A place for You to dwell forever."

New American Standard Bible
"I have built You a lofty house, And a place for Your dwelling forever."

World English Bible
But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And I haue built thee an house to dwell in, an habitation for thee to dwell in for euer.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now I have built You a lofty house,And a place for Your dwelling forever."

Berean Standard Bible
and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever."

Contemporary English Version
Now I've built a glorious temple where you can live forever."

Complete Jewish Bible
But I have built you a magnificent house, a place where you can live forever."

Darby Translation
But I have built a house of habitation for thee, even a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

Easy-to-Read Version
But, Lord, I have built a beautiful house for you to live in forever."

George Lamsa Translation
But I have built a house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

Good News Translation
Now I have built a majestic temple for you, a place for you to live in forever."

Lexham English Bible
But I have built for you an exalted house, even a place for you to dwell in forever."

Literal Translation
And I have surely built an exalted house for You, and a place for You to dwell forever.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I haue buylded an house to be an habitacion vnto the: & a seate, yt thou mayest dwell there for euer.

American Standard Version
But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

Bible in Basic English
So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I haue buylt thee an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for euer.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But I have built Thee a house of habitation, and a place for Thee to dwell in for ever.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But I have built a house to thy name, holy to thee, and prepared for thee to dwell in for ever.

English Revised Version
But I have built thee an house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
forsothe I haue bilde an hows to his name, that he schulde dwelle there with outen ende.

Update Bible Version
But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever.

Webster's Bible Translation
But I have built a house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

New King James Version
I have surely built You an exalted house, And a place for You to dwell in forever."

New Living Translation
Now I have built a glorious Temple for you, a place where you can live forever!"

New Life Bible
I have built a great house for You. It is a place for You to live in forever."

New Revised Standard
I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to reside in forever."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, I, have built a house as a home for thee, - A settled place for thee to abide in, for ages.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever.

Revised Standard Version
I have built thee an exalted house, a place for thee to dwell in for ever."

Young's Literal Translation
and I -- I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I have built You a lofty house, And a place for Your dwelling forever."

Contextual Overview

¹ Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thicke darkenesse. ² But I haue built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for euer. ³ And the King turned his face and blessed the whole Congregation of Israel, (and all the Congregation of Israel stood) ⁴ And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his handes fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father Dauid, saying, ⁵ Since the day that I brought foorth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no citie among all the tribes of Israel to builde an house in, that my Name might be there, neither chose I any man to be a ruler ouer my people Israel: ⁶ But I haue chosen Ierusalem, that my name might be there, and haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel. ⁷ Now it was in the heart of Dauid my father to build an house for the Name of the Lord God of Israel. ⁸ But the Lord said to Dauid my father: Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to builde an house for my Name, thou diddest well in that it was in thine heart. ⁹ Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house, but thy sonne which shall come foorth out of thy loynes, he shall build the house for my Name. ¹⁰ The Lord therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen vp in the roome of Dauid my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and haue built the house for the Name of the Lord God of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I have built: 2 Chronicles 2:4-6, 2 Samuel 7:13, 1 Kings 8:13, 1 Chronicles 17:12, 1 Chronicles 22:10, 1 Chronicles 22:11, 1 Chronicles 28:6, 1 Chronicles 28:20, Psalms 132:5, Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14, John 4:21-23, Hebrews 9:11, Hebrews 9:12, Revelation 21:3

Reciprocal: Leviticus 9:24 - there came a fire 1 Kings 8:12 - The Lord Ezra 7:15 - whose habitation Psalms 26:8 - where Psalms 68:5 - in his Ezekiel 46:10 - General Matthew 23:21 - and by

Cross-References

Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw, that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she tooke of the fruit thereof, and did eate, and gaue also vnto her husband with her, and hee did eate.

Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enos: then began men to call vpon the Name of the LORD.

Genesis 6:1
And it came to passe, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were borne vnto them:

Genesis 6:2
That the sonnes of God saw the daughters of men, that they were faire, and they took them wiues, of all which they chose.

Genesis 6:3
And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not alwayes striue with man; for that hee also is flesh: yet his dayes shalbe an hundred and twenty yeeres.

Genesis 6:4
There were Giants in the earth in those daies: and also after that, when the sonnes of God came in vnto the daughters of men, & they bare children to them; the same became mightie men, which were of old, men of renowme.

Genesis 6:6
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieued him at his heart.

Genesis 6:7
And the LORD said, I will destroy man, whom I haue created, from the face of the earth: both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the foules of the aire: for it repenteth me that I haue made them.

Genesis 6:8
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Genesis 6:12
And God looked vpon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way vpon the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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