Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Then Solomon said:

The Lord said He would dwell in thick darkness,

New American Standard Bible

Then Solomon said,
“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he lives shrouded in darkness.

A Conservative Version

Then Solomon spoke, LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Then Solomon said,“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

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,

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Then said Solomon, Jehovah said to dwell in thick clouds.

King James 2000

Then said Solomon, The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has decided to dwell in the deep gloom.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then Solomon said, "The LORD hath spoken it, how that he will dwell in darkness.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick cloud.

The Emphasized Bible

Then, said Solomon, - Yahweh, said, that he would make his habitation in thick gloom;

Webster

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

World English Bible

Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Youngs Literal Translation

Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah said -- to dwell in thick darkness,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁלמה 
Sh@lomoh 
Usage: 293

The Lord

Usage: 0

שׁכן 
Shakan 
Usage: 128

Verse Info

Context Readings

Solomon Blesses The People

1 Then Solomon said:

The Lord said He would dwell in thick darkness,
2 but I have built an exalted temple for You,
a place for Your residence forever.


Cross References

Exodus 20:21

And the people remained standing at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

1 Kings 8:12-50

Then Solomon said:

The Lord said that He would dwell in thick darkness.

Hebrews 12:18

For you have not come to what could be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, gloom, and storm,

Exodus 24:15-18

When Moses went up the mountain, the cloud covered it.

Leviticus 16:2

The Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he may not come whenever he wants into the holy place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

Deuteronomy 4:11

You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire into the heavens and enveloped in a dense, black cloud.

Psalm 18:8-11

Smoke rose from His nostrils,
and consuming fire came from His mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.

Psalm 97:2

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

Nahum 1:3

The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;
the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.
His path is in the whirlwind and storm,
and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

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