Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Blessed shall be Jehovah thy God who delighted in thee to give thee upon his throne for king to Jehovah thy God: in thy God loving Israel to cause him to stand forever, and he will give thee for king over them to do judgment and justice.
New American Standard Bible
Blessed be the Lord your God who delighted in you,
King James Version
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
Holman Bible
May the Lord your God be praised! He delighted in you and put you on His throne as king for the Lord your God.
International Standard Version
Blessed be the LORD your God, who is delighted with you! He set you in place on his throne to be king for the LORD your God. He made you king over them so you could carry out justice and implement righteousness, because your God loves Israel and intends to establish them forever."
A Conservative Version
Blessed be LORD thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne to be king for LORD thy God. Because thy God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore he made thee king over them, to do justice and righteousness.
American Standard Version
Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king for Jehovah thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do justice and righteousness.
Amplified
Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne as king for the Lord your God; because your God loved Israel, establishing them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”
Bible in Basic English
Praise be to the Lord your God whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of his kingdom to be king for the Lord your God: because, in his love for Israel, it was the purpose of your God to make them strong for ever, he made you king over them, to be their judge in righteousness.
Darby Translation
Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king to Jehovah thy God! Because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore did he make thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
King James 2000
Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you to set you on his throne, to be king for the LORD your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore he made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Blessed be Yahweh your God who took delight in you, to put you on his throne as king for Yahweh your God! Because your God loved Israel, he established him forever and has put you over them as king to do justice and righteousness!"
Modern King James verseion
Blessed be Jehovah your God, who delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for Jehovah your God. Because your God loved Israel to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them to do judgment and justice.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Blessed be the LORD thy God which had lust to thee, to make thee king on his seat, unto the LORD thy God. Because thy God loved Israel, to make them continue ever, therefore made he the king over them to do right and equity."
NET Bible
May the Lord your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! Because of your God's love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions."
New Heart English Bible
Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for the LORD your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness."
The Emphasized Bible
Yahweh thy God be blessed, who hath delighted in thee, to set thee upon his throne as king unto Yahweh thy God. Because of the love of thy God unto Israel, to establish them unto times age-abiding, therefore hath he set thee over them, as king, to execute justice and righteousness.
Webster
Blessed be the LORD thy God, who delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore he made thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
World English Bible
Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for Yahweh your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness."
Youngs Literal Translation
Let Jehovah thy God be blessed who hath delighted in thee, to put thee on His throne for king for Jehovah thy God; in the love of thy God to Israel, to establish it to the age, He hath put thee over them for king, to do judgment and righteousness.'
Interlinear
Barak
'elohiym
אלהים
'elohiym
God, god, judge, GOD, goddess, great, mighty, angels, exceeding, God-ward , godly
Usage: 2600
Chaphets
Nathan
'elohiym
`amad
`owlam
Nathan
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 9:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon And The Queen Of Sheba
7 Happy thy men, and happy thy servants, these standing before thee always, and hearing thy wisdom. 8 Blessed shall be Jehovah thy God who delighted in thee to give thee upon his throne for king to Jehovah thy God: in thy God loving Israel to cause him to stand forever, and he will give thee for king over them to do judgment and justice. 9 And she will give to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices for a multitude greatly, and precious stone: and there was not as that spice which queen Sheba gave to king Solomon.
Phrases
Cross References
2 Chronicles 2:11
And Huram king of Tyre will say in writing, and he will send to Solomon, In Jehovah's loving his people he gave thee king over them.
Deuteronomy 7:8
For Jehovah loves you and watches the oath which he sware to your fathers: Jehovah brought you out by a strong hand, and he will redeem thee from the house of servants, from the house of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
1 Chronicles 29:23
And Solomon will sit upon the throne of Jehovah for king instead of David his father, and he will prosper; and all Israel will hear to him.
2 Samuel 8:15
And David will reign over all Israel; and David will be doing judgment and justice to all his people.
2 Samuel 15:25-26
And the king will say to Zadok, Turn back the ark of God to the city: if I shall find grace in the eyes of Jehovah, and he turned me back, and caused me to see it and its rest
2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said to me, the Rock of Israel spake a parable upon the just man: a parable to fear God.
1 Kings 3:28
And all Israel will hear the judgment which the king judged, and they will be afraid of the face of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of Jehovah was in the midst of him to do judgment
1 Kings 10:9
Jehovah thy God will be blessed, who delighted in thee to give thee upon the throne of Israel: in Jehovah's loving Israel forever, and he will set thee up for king to do judgment and justice.
1 Chronicles 17:22
And thou wilt give thy people Israel to thee for a people even to forever; and thou, O Jehovah, wert to them for God.
1 Chronicles 28:5
And from all my sons (for Jehovah gave to me many sons) and he will choose in Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel
1 Chronicles 29:10
And David will praise Jehovah before the eyes of all the convocation: and David will say, Praised be thou, O Jehovah God of Israel our father, from forever and even to forever.
1 Chronicles 29:20
And David will say to all the convocation, Praise ye now Jehovah your God. And all the convocation will praise to Jehovah the God of their fathers, and they will bow down and worship to God and the king.
Psalm 18:19
And he will bring me forth to a wide place: he will deliver me, for he delighted in me.
Psalm 22:8
He rolled upon Jehovah, he will deliver him: he will deliver him for he delighted in him.
Psalm 72:2
He shall judge thy people in justice, and thy poor in judgment.
Psalm 72:18-19
Praised be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, doing wonders himself alone.
Psalm 99:4
And the king's strength loved judgment; thou didst prepare uprightnesses, thou didst judgment and justice in Jacob.
Proverbs 21:3
To do justice and judgment was chosen by Jehovah above gold.
Isaiah 9:7
To the increase of his dominion and to peace no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to prepare it and to support it in judgment and in justice from now and even to forever: the zeal of Jehovah of armies will do this.
Isaiah 11:1-5
And a rod shall come forth from the stock of Jesse, and a sprout shall blossom from his roots:
Isaiah 32:1-2
Behold, a king shall reign for justice, and for chiefs they shall rule for judgment
Isaiah 42:1
Behold my servant, I will hold fast in him; my chosen, my soul delighted; I gave my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the nations.
Isaiah 62:4
It shall no more be said to thee, Forsaken; and to thy land it shall no more be said, Desolation; for it shall be called to thee, My delight in her, and to thy land, Married: for Jehovah delighted in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Jeremiah 33:15-16
In those days and in that time I will cause the sprout of justice to spring up to David; and he did judgment and justice in the land.
2 Corinthians 9:12-15
For the service of this office is not only filling up the wants of the saints, but also abounding through many thanks to God;
Hebrews 1:8-9
And to the Son, Thy throne, O God, for the time of time: a rod of uprightness the rod of thy kingdom.