2 Chronicles 6:2

Wycliffe Bible

forsothe I haue bilde an hows to his name, that he schulde dwelle there with outen ende.

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.

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 Thanne Salomon seide, The Lord bihiyte, that he wolde dwelle in derknesse; ² forsothe I haue bilde an hows to his name, that he schulde dwelle there with outen ende. ³ And Salomon turnede his face, and blesside al the multitude of Israel; for al the cumpeny stood ententif; and he seide, ⁴ Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, for he fillide in werk that thing, that he spak to Dauid, my fadir, and seide, ⁵ Fro the dai in which Y ledde my puple out of the lond of Egipt, Y chees not a citee of alle the lynagis of Israel, that an hows schulde be bildid therynne to my name, nether Y chees ony other man, that he schulde be duyk on my puple Israel; ⁶ but Y chees Jerusalem, that my name be therynne, and Y chees Dauid, to ordeyne hym on my puple Israel. ⁷ And whanne it was of the wille of Dauid, my fadir, to bilde an hows to the name of the Lord God of Israel, ⁸ the Lord seide to hym, For this was thi wille, `that thou woldist bilde an hows to my name, sotheli thou didist wel, ⁹ hauynge suche a wil, but thou schalt not bilde an hows to me; netheles the sone, that schal go out of thi leendis, he schal bilde an hows to my name. ¹⁰ Therfor the Lord hath fillid his word, which he spak; and Y roos for Dauid, my fader, and Y sat on the trone of Israel, as the Lord spak, and Y bildide an hous 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
Therfore the womman seiy that the tre was good, and swete to ete, and fair to the iyen, and delitable in bi holdyng; and sche took of the fruyt therof, and eet, and yaf to hir hosebande, and he eet.

Genesis 4:26
But also a sone was borun to Seth, which sone he clepide Enos; this Enos bigan to clepe inwardli the name of the Lord.

Genesis 6:1
And whanne men bigunnen to be multiplied on erthe, and hadden gendrid douytris,

Genesis 6:2
the sones of God seiyen the douytris of men that thei weren faire, and token wyues to hem of alle whiche thei hadden chose.

Genesis 6:3
And God seide, My spirit schal not dwelle in man with outen ende, for he is fleisch; and the daies of hym schulen be an hundrid and twenti yeer.

Genesis 6:4
Sotheli giauntis weren on erthe in tho daies, forsothe aftir that the sones of God entriden to the douytris of men, and tho douytris gendriden; these weren myyti of the world and famouse men.

Genesis 6:6
and repentide him that he hadde maad man in erthe; and God was war bifore ayens tyme to comyng, and was touchid with sorewe of herte with ynne;

Genesis 6:7
and seide, Y schal do awei man, whom Y made of nouyt, fro the face of the erthe, fro man til to lyuynge thingis, fro crepynge beeste til to the briddis of heuene; for it repentith me that Y made hem.

Genesis 6:8
Forsothe Noe foond grace bifore the Lord.

Genesis 6:12
And whanne God seiy, that the erthe was corrupt, for ech fleisch ether man hadde corrupt his weie on erthe,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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