2 Chronicles 6:2

Myles Coverdale Bible

I haue buylded an house to be an habitacion vnto the: & a seate, yt thou mayest dwell there 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.

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.

King James Version (1611)
But I haue built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for euer.

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 sayde Salomon: The LORDE sayde, that he wolde dwell in a darck cloude: ² I haue buylded an house to be an habitacion vnto the: & a seate, yt thou mayest dwell there for euer. ³ And the kynge turned his face, and blessed all the congregacion of Israel: for the whole cogregacion of Israel stode, ⁴ & he sayde: Praysed be the LORDE God of Israel, which promysed by his mouth vnto my father Dauid, and with his hande hath fulfylled it, wha he sayde: ⁵ Sece the tyme that I broughte my people out of the londe of Egipte, I haue chosen no cite in all ye trybes of Israel, to buylde an house for my name to be there, nether haue I chosen eny man to be prynce ouer my people of Israel. ⁶ But Ierusalem haue I chosen, for my name to be there: & Dauid haue I electe, to be prynce ouer my people of Israel. ⁷ And whan my father Dauid was mynded to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE God of Israel, ⁸ the LORDE sayde vnto Dauid my father: Where as thou wast mynded to buylde an house vnto my name, thou hast done well: ⁹ howbeit thou shalt not buylde the house, but thy sonne which shall come out of thy loynes, shal buylde the house vnto my name. ¹⁰ Thus hath ye LORDE now perfourmed his worde, that he spake: for I am come vp in my father Dauids steade, and syt vpon the seate of Israel, euen as the LORDE sayde, & haue buylded an house vnto the name of ye LORDE 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 the woman sawe that ye tre was good to eate of, and lustye vnto the eyes, and a pleasaunt tre to make wyse, and toke of the frute of it, and ate, and gaue vnto hir husbande also therof, and he ate.

Genesis 4:26
And Seth begat a sonne also, and called him Enos. At the same tyme beganne men to call vpon the name of the LORDE.

Genesis 6:1
So whan men beganne to multiplie vpon the earth, and had begot them doughters,

Genesis 6:2
the children of God sawe the doughters of men, that they were fayre, and toke vnto the wyues soch as they liked.

Genesis 6:3
Then sayde ye LORDE: My sprete shal not allwaye stryue with man, for he is but flesh also. I wil yet geue him respyte an hundreth and twety yeares.

Genesis 6:4
There were giauntes also in the worlde at that tyme. For whan the children of God had lyen with the daughters of men, and begotten them children, ye same (children) became mightie in the worlde, and men of renowne.

Genesis 6:6
it repented him, that he had made man vpon the earth, and he sorowed in his hert,

Genesis 6:7
and sayde: I wyll destroye man kynde which I haue made, from the earth: both man, beest, worme, and foule vnder the heauen: for it repenteth me, that I haue made them.

Genesis 6:8
Neuertheles Noe founde grace in the sight of the LORDE.

Genesis 6:12
Then God loked vpon ye earth: and lo, it was corrupte (for all flesh had corrupte his waye vpon the earth.)

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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