Acts 7:47

Simplified Cowboy Version

God didn't let David build it, but he did let his son Solomon complete the church.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
It was Solomon, rather, who built him a house,

King James Version (1611)
But Solomon built him an house.

King James Version
But Solomon built him an house.

English Standard Version
But it was Solomon who built a house for him.

New American Standard Bible
"But it was Solomon who built a house for Him.

New Century Version
But Solomon was the one who built the Temple.

Amplified Bible
"But it was Solomon who built a house for Him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But it was Solomon who built a house for Him.

Legacy Standard Bible
But Solomon built a house for Him.

Berean Standard Bible
But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.

Contemporary English Version
And it was finally King Solomon who built a house for God.

Complete Jewish Bible
and Shlomo did build him a house.

Darby Translation
but Solomon built him a house.

Easy-to-Read Version
But Solomon was the one who built the Temple.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But Solomon built him an house.

George Lamsa Translation
But Solomon built God a house.

Good News Translation
But it was Solomon who built him a house.

Lexham English Bible
But Solomon built a house for him.

Literal Translation
but Solomon built Him a house.

American Standard Version
But Solomon built him a house.

Bible in Basic English
But Solomon was the builder of his house.

Hebrew Names Version
But Shlomo built him a house.

International Standard Version
but it was Solomon who built a house for him.1 Kings 6:1; 8:20; 1 Chronicles 17:12; 2 Chronicles 3:1;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But Shelemun builded the house.

Murdock Translation
But Solomon built the house.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But Solomon buylt hym an house.

English Revised Version
But Solomon built him a house.

World English Bible
But Solomon built him a house.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But Solomon built him an house.

Weymouth's New Testament
But it was Solomon who built a house for Him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But Salomon bildide the hous `to hym.

Update Bible Version
But Solomon built him a house.

Webster's Bible Translation
But Solomon built him a house.

New English Translation
But Solomon built a house for him.

New King James Version
But Solomon built Him a house.

New Living Translation
But it was Solomon who actually built it.

New Life Bible
But Solomon was the one who built the house of God for Him.

New Revised Standard
But it was Solomon who built a house for him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, Solomon, built him a house.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Solomon built him a house,

Revised Standard Version
But it was Solomon who built a house for him.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But Salomon bylt him an housse.

Young's Literal Translation
and Solomon built Him an house.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Salomon buylte hi an house.

Mace New Testament (1729)
it was Solomon however that built him a temple.

Contextual Overview

⁴²Because of this, God turned his back on all those folks. He let them worship the sun, the moon, and the stars. But these things couldn't do anything for them. This is why the Good Book said, 'Did y'all bring me offerings and sacrifices during the forty years in the wilderness? ⁴³No, you didn't. Y'all were too busy cavorting with battle gods and slutty goddesses. Y'all worshiped them with all of your might. That's why I will send y'all to Babylon.' ⁴⁴"Our ancestors had a tent to worship the true God in while they were in the wilderness. It wasn't that the tent was where God was, it was the fact that God was with his people where they were. God had even told Moses how to set it up and where. ⁴⁵Many years later, when Josh battled against the people who were in the land God had given the Israelites, the tent was there with them. It stayed in the land until the time of David. ⁴⁶God loved David, especially when David asked to build God a permanent place to be worshiped. ⁴⁷God didn't let David build it, but he did let his son Solomon complete the church. ⁴⁸"But listen close, guys. God doesn't live in a barn made by humans. Remember that prophet who said, ⁴⁹'Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Can you humans build something worthy like that for me? Could you even envision such a thing for me to rest my feet? ⁵⁰Don't you remember it was my hands that created all the heavens and the entire earth?'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Samuel 7:13, 1 Kings 5:1-18, 1 Kings 6:1, 1 Kings 6:37, 1 Kings 6:38, 1 Kings 7:13-51, 1 Kings 8:20, 1 Chronicles 17:1, 2 Chronicles 2:1 - 2 Chronicles 4:22, Zechariah 6:12, Zechariah 6:13

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:2 - was no 1 Kings 6:14 - General 1 Chronicles 17:12 - He shall Psalms 132:5 - an habitation Mark 12:1 - and set

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But Solomon built him an house. Though David was so set upon it, and made such large provisions for it, he was not to be the man that should build it, he having been greatly concerned in wars, and in the effusion of blood; but Solomon his son, who enjoyed much peace, was the person designed for this work, and who did accomplish it; of which there is a large account in the 1 Kings 6:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But Solomon ... - Built the temple. David was not permitted to do it because he had been a man of war, 1 Chronicles 22:8. He prepared the principal materials for the temple, but Solomon built it, 1 Chronicles 22:0: Compare 1 Kings 6:0.