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

I have surely built You a lofty house,
A place for Your dwelling forever.”

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

I have indeed built an exalted temple for You,
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.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

thee an house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

to dwell in
זבל זבוּל 
Z@buwl 
Usage: 5

מכון 
Makown 
Usage: 17

for thee to abide in
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

References

Easton

Hastings

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).

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,

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