Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
I have certainly built a lofty house for you, a place for you to live forever."
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
Holman Bible
a place for Your dwelling forever.
International Standard Version
Now I have been constructing a magnificent Temple dedicated to you that will serve as a place for you to inhabit forever."
A Conservative Version
I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in forever.
American Standard Version
I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
Amplified
“I have certainly built You a lofty house,
A place for You to dwell in forever.”
Bible in Basic English
So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.
Darby Translation
I have indeed built a house of habitation for thee, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
Julia Smith Translation
Building, I built a house for thee to dwell, a place for thy resting forever.
King James 2000
I have surely built you a house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in forever.
Modern King James verseion
I have surely built a house of loftiness for You, a settled place for You to abide in forever.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I have built thee a house to dwell in, and a habitation for thee to abide in forever."
NET Bible
O Lord, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently."
New Heart English Bible
I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever."
The Emphasized Bible
I have, built, a house as a high abode for thee, - A settled place for thee to abide in, for ages.
Webster
I have surely built thee a house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
World English Bible
I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever."
Youngs Literal Translation
I have surely built a house of habitation for Thee; a fixed place for Thine abiding to the ages.'
Themes
Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Liberality » Instances of » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Uses of the temple » A dwelling place of the lord
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 8:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon's Proclamation To The Assembly Of Israel
12 Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has said that [he] would dwell in the very thick cloud. 13 I have certainly built a lofty house for you, a place for you to live forever." 14 [Then] the king turned his face around, and he blessed all of the assembly of Israel. (Now all the assembly of Israel was standing).
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:13
He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
Exodus 15:17
You brought them and planted them on the mountain of your inheritance, a place you made for yourself to inhabit, Yahweh, a sanctuary, Lord, [that] your hands established.
Psalm 132:13-14
For Yahweh has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation.
1 Chronicles 17:12
He himself will build for me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
1 Chronicles 22:10-11
He himself will build a house for my name, and he himself will be to me a son, and I [will be] to him as a father, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.'
1 Chronicles 28:6
And he said to me, 'Solomon your son, he himself shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him as a son to myself, and I myself will be as a father to him,
1 Chronicles 28:10
Look now, for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong and do it!"
1 Chronicles 28:20
Then David said to Solomon his son, "Be strong and courageous, and do [this]! Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for Yahweh God, my God, [is] with you. He will not fail you and will not forsake you until all the work of the service of the house of Yahweh is finished.
2 Chronicles 6:2
But I have built for you an exalted house, even a place for you to dwell in forever."
Psalm 78:68-69
but chose the tribe of Judah, {Mount Zion} that he loved.
John 4:21-23
Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, that an hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
Acts 6:14
For we have heard him saying that this Nazarene Jesus will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses handed down to us."
Hebrews 8:5-13
who serve a sketch and shadow of the heavenly [things], just as Moses was warned [when he] was about to complete the tabernacle, for he says, "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain."
Hebrews 9:11-12
But Christ has arrived [as] a high priest of the good [things] to come. Through the greater and more perfect tent not made by hands, that is, not of this creation,
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made by hands, a [mere] copy of the true [one], but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf,