2 Chronicles 6:2

Douay-Rheims Bible

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

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.

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.

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 Solomon said: The Lord promised that he would dwell in a cloud. ² But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever. ³ And the king turned his face, and blessed all the multitude of Israel for all the multitude stood attentive and he said: ⁴ Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who hath accomplished in deed that which he spoke to David my father, saying: ⁵ From the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built in it to my name: neither chose I any other man, to be the ruler of my people Israel. ⁶ But I chose Jerusalem, that my name might be there: and I chose David to set him over my people Israel. ⁷ And whereas David my father had a mind to build a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel, ⁸ The Lord said to him: Forasmuch as it was thy will to build a house to my name, thou hast done well indeed in having such a will: ⁹ But thou shalt not build the house, but thy son, who shall come out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name. ¹⁰ The Lord therefore hath accomplished his word which he spoke: and I am risen up in the place of David my father, and sit upon the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised: and have built a house to 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 the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband, who did eat.

Genesis 4:26
But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos: this man began to call upon the name of the Lord.

Genesis 6:1
And after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:2
The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose.

Genesis 6:3
And God said: My spirit shall not remain in man for ever, because he is flesh, and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

Genesis 6:4
Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they brought forth children, these are the mighty men of old, men of renown.

Genesis 6:6
It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart,

Genesis 6:7
He said: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Genesis 6:8
But Noe found grace before the Lord.

Genesis 6:12
And when God had seen that the earth was corrupted (for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth),

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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