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Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And finally I have chosen and sanctified this house, that my name be there forever, and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
Holman Bible
And I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My name may be there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there at all times.
International Standard Version
Furthermore, I have chosen and have set apart for myself this Temple, intending my name to reside there forever. My eyes and my heart will reside there every day.
A Conservative Version
For now I have chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there forever, and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
American Standard Version
For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
Amplified
For now I have chosen and sanctified and set apart for My purpose this house that My Name may be here forever, and My eyes and My heart will be here perpetually.
Bible in Basic English
For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.
Darby Translation
for I have now chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
Julia Smith Translation
And now I chose and I consecrated this house for my name to be there even to forever: and mine eyes and my heart were there all the days.
King James 2000
For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there forever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And now I have chosen and consecrated this house for my name to be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there {for all time}.
Modern King James verseion
For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, so that My name may be there forever. And My eyes and My heart shall be there forever.
NET Bible
Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.
New Heart English Bible
For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my Name may be there, unto times age-abiding, - and mine eyes and my heart shall he there, all the days.
Webster
For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
World English Bible
For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
Youngs Literal Translation
and now, I have chosen and sanctified this house for My name being there unto the age; yea, Mine eyes and My heart have been there all the days.
Themes
public Prayer » God promises to hear
Solomon » Covenant renewed in a vision after the dedication of the temple
Temple » Solomon's » Uses of the temple » A dwelling place of the lord
Topics
Interlinear
Bachar
Bayith
Shem
`owlam
`ayin
Leb
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 7:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Charge To Solomon
15 Thereto mine eyes shall be open and mine ears attent unto the prayers made in this place. 16 And finally I have chosen and sanctified this house, that my name be there forever, and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. 17 And if thou shalt walk before me as David thy father walked, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe mine ordinances and my laws:
Cross References
2 Chronicles 7:12
And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night and said to him, "I have heard thy petition and have chosen this place for myself to be a house of sacrifice.
Deuteronomy 12:21
If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou mayest kill of thy oxen and of thy sheep which the LORD hath given thee as I have commanded thee, and thou mayest eat in thine own city whatsoever thy soul lusteth.
Deuteronomy 16:11
And rejoice before the LORD thy God: both thou, thy son, thy daughter, thy servant and thy maid, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, the fatherless and the widow that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to make his name dwell there.
1 Kings 8:16
'From the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city among any of the tribes of Israel, to build a house, that my name might be there: But I have chosen David to be ruler over my people Israel.'
1 Kings 8:35
If heaven be shut up, that there be no rain, because they have sinned against thee: yet if they pray in this place and praise thy name and turn from their sins, through thy scourging of them:
1 Kings 8:44
And when they go out to battle against their enemies whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
1 Kings 8:48
and so turn again unto thee with all their hearts and all their souls in the land of their enemies which hold them captive, and pray unto thee, toward the land which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
1 Kings 9:3
And the LORD said unto him, "I have heard thy prayer and intercession that thou madest before me, and have hallowed this house which thou hast built, to put my name there forever and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
2 Kings 21:4
And he built altars in the very house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will put my name."
2 Kings 21:7-8
And he put an image of a grove that he had made, even in the very temple of which the LORD had said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever.
2 Chronicles 6:5-6
'Since the time I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there, neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:20
That thine eyes be open over this house day and night, and over the place of which thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there: to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth at this place:
2 Chronicles 7:15
Thereto mine eyes shall be open and mine ears attent unto the prayers made in this place.
2 Chronicles 33:4-7
And he built altars in the house of the LORD: of which the LORD hath said, "In Jerusalem shall my name be forever."
Psalm 132:14
"This shall be my rest; here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein.
Zechariah 3:2
And the LORD said unto Satan, 'The LORD reprove thee, thou Satan; yea, the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem, reprove thee. Is not this a brand taken out of the fire?'
Matthew 3:17
And, lo, there came a voice from heaven, saying, "This is that, my beloved son, in whom is my delight."
John 2:19-21
Jesus answered, and said unto them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will rear it up again."
Colossians 2:9
For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily,