Parallel Verses
Amplified
Then Solomon said,
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.
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.
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 said,
“I have built You a lofty house,
A place for You to dwell forever.”
Cross References
Exodus 20:21
So the people stood at a [safe] distance, but Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.
1 Kings 8:12-50
Then Solomon said,
Hebrews 12:18
For you have not come [as did the Israelites in the wilderness] to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging windstorm,
Exodus 24:15-18
Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
Leviticus 16:2
The Lord said to Moses,
“Tell Aaron your brother that he
Deuteronomy 4:11
You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the [very] heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom.
Psalm 18:8-11
Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.
Psalm 97:2
Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai];
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
Nahum 1:3
The Lord is slow to anger and great in power
And He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust beneath His feet.