Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah said -- to dwell in 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.
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,
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.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 6:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Blesses The People
1 Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah said -- to dwell in thick darkness, 2 and I -- I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'
Cross References
Exodus 20:21
And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God is.
1 Kings 8:12-50
Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness;
Hebrews 12:18
For ye came not near to the mount touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Exodus 24:15-18
And Moses goeth up unto the mount, and the cloud covereth the mount;
Leviticus 16:2
yea, Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Speak unto Aaron thy brother, and he cometh not in at all times unto the sanctuary within the vail, unto the front of the mercy-seat, which is upon the ark, and he dieth not, for in a cloud I am seen upon the mercy-seat.
Deuteronomy 4:11
and ye draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire unto the heart of the heavens -- darkness, cloud, yea, thick darkness:
Psalm 18:8-11
Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.
Psalm 97:2
Cloud and darkness are round about Him, Righteousness and judgment the basis of His throne.
Nahum 1:3
Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest is His way, And a cloud is the dust of His feet.