Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Then Solomon spoke, LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
New American Standard Bible
“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.
Holman Bible
Then Solomon said:
International Standard Version
Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he lives shrouded in darkness.
American Standard Version
Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Amplified
Then Solomon said,
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
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 6:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Blesses The People
1 Then Solomon spoke, LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have built for thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in forever.
Cross References
Exodus 20:21
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
1 Kings 8:12-50
Then Solomon spoke, LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Hebrews 12:18
For ye have not come to a mountain being felt, and which burned with fire, and to darkness, and gloom, and a tempest,
Exodus 24:15-18
And Moses went up onto the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.
Leviticus 16:2
and LORD said to Moses, Speak to Aaron thy brother, that he not come at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark, that he not die, for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat
Deuteronomy 4:11
And ye came near and stood under the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
Psalm 18:8-11
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
Psalm 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Nahum 1:3
LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear [the guilty]. LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.