1 Kings 8:12

Wycliffe Bible

Thanne Salomon seide, The Lord seide, that he wolde dwelle in a cloude.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Solomon said:

Hebrew Names Version
Then spoke Shlomo, the LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

King James Version
Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

English Standard Version
Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

New Century Version
Then Solomon said, "The Lord said he would live in a dark cloud.

New English Translation
Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.

Amplified Bible
Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness [of the cloud].

New American Standard Bible
Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then spake Salomon, The Lord said, that he woulde dwell in the darke cloude.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Solomon said,"Yahweh has said that He would dwell in the cloud of dense gloom.

Contemporary English Version
Then Solomon prayed: "Our Lord , you said that you would live in a dark cloud.

Complete Jewish Bible
Shlomo said, " Adonai said he would live in thick darkness.

Darby Translation
Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Solomon said, "The Lord caused the sun to shine in the sky, but he chose to live in a dark cloud.

George Lamsa Translation
Then Solomon said, O LORD, thou hast said that thou wouldst dwell in the thick darkness.

Good News Translation
Then Solomon prayed: "You, Lord , have placed the sun in the sky, yet you have chosen to live in clouds and darkness.

Lexham English Bible
Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the very thick cloud.

Literal Translation
And Solomon said, Jehovah has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde Salomon: The LORDE sayde, that he wolde dwell in a darke cloude.

American Standard Version
Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Bible in Basic English
Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then spake Solomon: The Lorde saide that he would dwell in the darke cloude.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then spoke Solomon: The LORD hath said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.

King James Version (1611)
Then spake Solomon; The Lord said that hee would dwell in the thicke darkenesse.

English Revised Version
Then spake Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Solomon said: "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

Young's Literal Translation
Then said Solomon, `Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness;

Update Bible Version
Then Solomon spoke, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then spoke Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

World English Bible
Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

New King James Version
Then Solomon spoke: "The LORD said He would dwell in the dark cloud.

New Living Translation
Then Solomon prayed, "O Lord , you have said that you would live in a thick cloud of darkness.

New Life Bible
Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that He would live in the thick cloud.

New Revised Standard
Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then, said Solomon, - Yahweh, said, that he would make his habitation in thick gloom:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in a cloud.

Revised Standard Version
Then Solomon said, "The LORD has set the sun in the heavens, but has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

THE MESSAGE
Then Solomon spoke: God has told us that he lives in the dark where no one can see him; I've built this splendid Temple, O God, to mark your invisible presence forever.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

Contextual Overview

¹² Thanne Salomon seide, The Lord seide, that he wolde dwelle in a cloude. ¹³ Y bildynge haue bildid an hows in to thi dwelling place, in to thi moost stidefast trone with outen ende. ¹⁴ And the kyng turnede his face, and blesside al the chirche in Israel; for al the chirche of Israel stood. ¹⁵ And Salomon seide, Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, that spak with his mouth to Dauid, my fadir, and performyde in hise hondis, and seide, ¹⁶ Fro the dai in which Y ledde my puple Israel out of Egipt, Y chees not a citee of alle the lynagis of Israel, that an hows schulde be bildid, and my name schulde be there; but Y chees Dauid, that he schulde be ouer my puple Israel. ¹⁷ And Dauid, my fadir, wolde bilde an hows to the name of the Lord God of Israel. ¹⁸ And the Lord seide to Dauid, my fadir, That thou thouytist in thin herte to bilde an hows to my name, thou didist wel, tretynge this same thing in soule; ¹⁹ netheles thou schalt not bilde an hows to me, but thi sone, that schal go out of thi reynes, he schal bilde an hows to my name. ²⁰ The Lord hath confermyd his word, which he spak; and Y stood for Dauid, my fadir, and Y sat on the trone of Israel, as the Lord spak; and Y haue bildid an hows to the name of the Lord God of Israel. ²¹ And Y haue ordeyned there a place of the arke, in which arke the boond of pees of the Lord is, which he smoot with oure fadris, whanne thei yeden out of the lond of Egipt.

Bible Verse Review
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The Lord: Deuteronomy 4:11, 2 Chronicles 6:1, 2 Chronicles 6:2-11, Psalms 18:8-11, Psalms 97:2

the thick: Exodus 20:21, Leviticus 16:2, Deuteronomy 5:22, Isaiah 45:15, Hebrews 12:18

Reciprocal: Exodus 19:9 - Lo 2 Samuel 22:10 - darkness Job 26:9 - General Ecclesiastes 12:9 - he still

Cross-References

Genesis 8:2
And watris weren decreessid, and the wellis of the see weren closid, and the wyndowis of heuene weren closid, and reynes of heuene weren ceessid.

Genesis 8:3
And watrys turneden ayen fro erthe, and yeden ayen, and bigunnen to be decreessid aftir an hundrid and fifti daies.

Genesis 8:5
And sotheli the watrys yeden and decresiden til to the tenthe monethe, for in the tenthe monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, the coppis of hillis apperiden.

Genesis 8:6
And whanne fourti daies weren passid, Noe openyde the wyndow of the schip which he hadde maad, and sente out a crowe,

Genesis 8:7
which yede out, and turnede not ayen til the watris weren dried on erthe.

Genesis 8:8
Also Noe sente out a culuer aftir hym, to se if the watris hadden ceessid thanne on the face of erthe;

Genesis 8:10
Sotheli whanne othere seuene daies weren abedun aftirward, eft he leet out a culuer fro the schip;

Psalms 27:14
Abide thou the Lord, do thou manli; and thin herte be coumfortid, and suffre thou the Lord.

Isaiah 8:17
Y schal abide the Lord, that hath hid his face fro the hous of Jacob, and Y schal abide hym.

Isaiah 25:9
And thei schulen seie in that dai, Lo! this is oure God; we abididen hym, and he schal saue vs; this is the Lord; we suffriden him, and we schulen make ful out ioie, and schulen be glad in his helthe.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And then spake Solomon,.... Perceiving by this symbol that the Lord was come into his house, to take up his dwelling in it, and seeing the priests and people in consternation at it, spake the following words to their comfort:

the Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness; and now was fulfilling his promise, and therefore to be considered not as a token of his displeasure, but of his gracious presence; this was done for the greater awe of the divine Majesty, and to denote the darkness of the former dispensation; reference may be had to Leviticus 16:2 or rather this was now said by the Lord, that is, it appeared to be his resolution and determination to dwell in this manner; the Targum is,

"the Lord is pleased to cause his Shechinah or divine Majesty to dwell in Jerusalem,''

in the temple there. This was imitated by the Heathens; hence the Lacedemonians had a temple dedicated to Jupiter Scotitas, or the dark, as Pausanias u relates; and the Indian Pagans to this day affect darkness in their temples, and are very careful that no light enter into them but by the door, which is commonly strait and low, and by little crevices in the windows w.

u Laconica, sive, I. 3. p. 178. w Agreement of Customs between the East-Indians and Jews, art. 5. p. 35.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rather, “The Lord spake of dwelling in the thick darkness” (margin reference). Solomon sees in the cloud the visible symbol of God’s presence, and accepts the token as a proof that He has taken possession of the house built for Him, and will thenceforth dwell there 1 Kings 8:13.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 8:12. The Lord said - he would dwell — It was under the appearance of a cloud that God showed himself present with Israel in the wilderness; see Exodus 14:19-20. And at the dedication of the tabernacle in the wilderness, God manifested himself in the same way that he did here at the dedication of the temple; see Exodus 40:34-35.