2 Chronicles 7:16

New Living Translation

For I have chosen this Temple and set it apart to be holy—a place where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that my name may be there forever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

Hebrew Names Version
For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

King James Version
For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

English Standard Version
For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.

New Century Version
I have chosen this Temple and made it holy. So I will be worshiped there forever. Yes, I will always watch over it and love it.

New English Translation
Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

Amplified Bible
"For now I have chosen and sanctified and set apart for My purpose this house that My Name may be here forever, and My eyes and My heart will be here perpetually.

New American Standard Bible
"For now I have chosen and consecrated this house so that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there always.

World English Bible
For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For I haue nowe chosen and sanctified this house, that my Name may be there for euer: and mine eyes & mine heart shalbe there perpetually.

Legacy Standard Bible
So now I have chosen and set this house apart as holy that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

Berean Standard Bible
For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

Contemporary English Version
because it belongs to me, and this is where I will be worshiped forever. I will never stop watching over it.

Complete Jewish Bible
For now I have chosen and consecrated this house, so that my name can be there forever; my eyes and heart will always be there.

Darby Translation
for I have now chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

Easy-to-Read Version
I have chosen this Temple, and I have made it a holy place. So I will be honored there forever. I will watch over it and think of it always.

George Lamsa Translation
For now I have chosen this house for myself, that my glory may be in it for ever, and that my good works and my will shall be done in the midst of it perpetually.

Good News Translation
because I have chosen it and consecrated it as the place where I will be worshiped forever. I will watch over it and protect it for all time.

Lexham English Bible
And now I have chosen and consecrated this house for my name to be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.

Literal Translation
and now I have chosen and sanctified this house for My name to be there forever; yea, My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus haue I now chosen this house, and sanctifyed it, that my name maye be there for euer: and myne eyes and my hert shal allwaye be there.

American Standard Version
For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

Bible in Basic English
For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And therfore nowe I haue chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for euer: and myne eyes and myne heart shalbe there perpetually.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that My name may be there for ever; and Mine eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

King James Version (1611)
For now haue I chosen, & sanctified this house, that my Name may be there for euer: and mine eyes and mine heart shalbe there perpetually.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that my name should be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there always.

English Revised Version
For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for Y haue chose, and halewid this place, that my name be there with outen ende, and that myn iyen and myn herte dwelle there in alle daies.

Update Bible Version
For now I have chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

Webster's Bible Translation
For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

New King James Version
For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

New Life Bible
For I have chosen this house and have made it holy, that My name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there.

New Revised Standard
For now I have chosen and consecrated this house so that my name may be there forever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my Name may be there, unto times age-abiding, - and mine eyes and my heart shall he there, all the days.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For I have chosen, and have sanctified this place, that my name may be there for ever, and my eyes and my heart may remain there perpetually.

Revised Standard Version
For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time.

Young's Literal Translation
and now, I have chosen and sanctified this house for My name being there unto the age; yea, Mine eyes and My heart have been there all the days.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

Contextual Overview

¹² Then one night the Lord appeared to Solomon and said, "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this Temple as the place for making sacrifices. ¹³ At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you. ¹⁴ Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. ¹⁵ My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place. ¹⁶ For I have chosen this Temple and set it apart to be holy—a place where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart. ¹⁷ "As for you, if you faithfully follow me as David your father did, obeying all my commands, decrees, and regulations, ¹⁸ then I will establish the throne of your dynasty. For I made this covenant with your father, David, when I said, ‘One of your descendants will always rule over Israel.' ¹⁹ "But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the decrees and commands I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods, ²⁰ then I will uproot the people from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make it an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations. ²¹ And though this Temple is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled. They will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do such terrible things to this land and to this Temple?'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

have I chosen: Deuteronomy 12:21, Deuteronomy 16:11, 1 Kings 8:16, 1 Kings 8:44, 1 Kings 8:48, Psalms 132:14, Zechariah 3:2

my name: 2 Chronicles 6:5, 2 Chronicles 6:6, 2 Chronicles 6:20, 2 Chronicles 33:4-7, 1 Kings 8:35, 1 Kings 9:3, 2 Kings 21:4, 2 Kings 21:7, 2 Kings 21:8

eyes: 2 Chronicles 7:15, Matthew 3:17, John 2:19-21, Colossians 2:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:24 - in all places 1 Kings 8:29 - My name 2 Kings 19:1 - went into 2 Chronicles 7:12 - have chosen Ezra 6:12 - caused Haggai 1:8 - and I will take John 4:20 - and ye

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
When everything was ready, the Lord said to Noah, "Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous.

Genesis 7:2
Take with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the others.

Genesis 7:3
Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood.

Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created."

Genesis 7:5
So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.

Genesis 7:10
After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.

Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you. He drives out the enemy before you; he cries out, ‘Destroy them!'

Psalms 46:2
So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea.

Proverbs 3:23
They keep you safe on your way, and your feet will not stumble.

Matthew 25:10
"But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. Then those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was locked.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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