Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he built his sanctuary like [the] heights, like [the] earth that he established forever.

New American Standard Bible

And He built His sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has founded forever.

King James Version

And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

Holman Bible

He built His sanctuary like the heights,
like the earth that He established forever.

International Standard Version

He built his sanctuary, high as the heavens, like the earth that he established forever.

A Conservative Version

And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.

American Standard Version

And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.

Amplified


And He built His sanctuary [exalted] like the heights [of the heavens],
Like the earth which He has established forever.

Bible in Basic English

And he made his holy place like the high heaven, like the earth which is fixed by him for ever.

Darby Translation

And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.

Julia Smith Translation

And he will build his holy place as of buffaloes, as the earth he founded it forever.

King James 2000

And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he has established forever.

Modern King James verseion

And He built His holy place like high palaces, like the earth which He has founded forever.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And there he built his temple on high, and laid the foundation of it like the ground, that it might perpetually endure.

NET Bible

He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.

New Heart English Bible

He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.

The Emphasized Bible

And built, like the heights, his sanctuary, Like the earth, he founded it to times age-abiding.

Webster

And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

World English Bible

He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.

Youngs Literal Translation

And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.

References

Context Readings

Lessons From Israel's Past

68 but chose the tribe of Judah, {Mount Zion} that he loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like [the] heights, like [the] earth that he established forever. 70 And he chose David his servant and took him from [the] sheepfolds.

Cross References

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises up the poor from [the] dust. From [the] ash heap he lifts up the needy, to cause them to sit with noble people and to cause them to inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth belong to Yahweh and he has set the inhabited world on them.

1 Kings 6:1-38

It happened in the four hundred and eightieth year [after] the {Israelites} went out from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year {of Solomon's rule} over Israel, the month of Ziv (that [is] the second month), that he began to build the house for Yahweh.

1 Kings 9:8

This house shall become a heap of ruins; all those passing by will be appalled by it and hiss, and they will say, 'On what account did Yahweh do this to this land and to this house?'

1 Chronicles 29:1

Then David the king said to all the assembly, "God has chosen Solomon my son alone, a young man and inexperienced, and the work [is] great, for the citadel [is] not for humankind, but for Yahweh God.

1 Chronicles 29:19

Grant to Solomon my son a heart of peace to keep your commands, your statutes, and your regulations to do everything, and to build the citadel for which I have provided."

2 Chronicles 2:9

to prepare trees in abundance for me, for the house that I am building [will be] great and wonderful.

2 Chronicles 3:4

{The length of the portico that [was] in front was the same as the front of the width of the house}: twenty cubits. And its height [was] one hundred and twenty cubits. And he overlaid it on the inside with pure gold.

Job 26:7

He stretches out [the] north over emptiness; [he] hangs [the] earth {over nothing}.

Psalm 102:25

Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and [the] heavens [are] the work of your hands.

Psalm 104:5

He established [the] earth on her foundations, [so that] it will not be moved forever and ever.

Psalm 119:90-91

Your faithfulness [endures] {throughout all generations}. You have established [the] earth and it stands.

Isaiah 48:13

Indeed, my hand founded [the] earth, and my right hand spread out [the] heavens; [when] I summon them, they stand in position together.

Isaiah 51:6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens and look to the earth beneath, for [the] heavens will be torn to pieces like smoke, and the earth will be worn out like garment, and those who inhabit her will die like gnats. But my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be broken to pieces.

Colossians 1:16-17

because all [things] in the heavens and on the earth were created by him, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers, all [things] were created through him and for him,

Revelation 20:11

And I saw a great white throne and the one who was seated on it, {from whose presence} earth and heaven fled, and a place was not found for them.

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