1 Chronicles 17:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

In all the places where I walked with Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I haue walked in all Israel. Spake I euer to eny of the Iudges in Israel (whom I commaunded to kepe my people) and sayde: Wherfore do ye not buylde me an house of Cedre tymber?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Wheresoeuer I haue walked with all Israel spake I one word to any of the iudges of Israel (whome I commanded to feede my people) saying, Why haue ye not built mee an house of cedar trees?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And whersoeuer I haue walked with all Israel, spake I euer one worde to any of the iudges of Israel, whom I commaunded to feede my people, saying, Why haue ye not buylt me an house of Cedar tree?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, spoke I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    whithersoever I have walked up and down among all Israel, a word spake I, with one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed My people, saying, Why have ye not built for Me a house of cedars?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 7:7 : 7 In all the places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word to any of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'
  • 1 Chr 11:2 : 2 In the past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel in and out. And the LORD your God said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be ruler over my people Israel.'
  • Ps 78:71-72 : 71 From tending the nursing ewes, He brought him to shepherd Jacob, His people, and Israel, His inheritance. 72 He shepherded them with a heart of integrity and guided them with the skillfulness of his hands.
  • Jer 23:4 : 4 I will appoint shepherds over them who will care for them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any be missing, declares the LORD.
  • Ezek 34:2 : 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to them, the shepherds: This is what the Lord GOD says, 'Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?
  • Mic 5:4 : 4 And he will be their peace. When Assyria invades our land and marches through our fortresses, we will raise up against them seven shepherds and eight leaders of men.
  • Matt 2:6 : 6 'And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you will come a ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.'
  • Acts 13:20 : 20 All this took about 450 years. Afterward, He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
  • 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 What agreement can there be between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will dwell among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.'
  • Rev 2:1 : 1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write: These are the words of the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands:
  • Exod 33:14-15 : 14 The LORD replied, 'My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.' 15 Then Moses said to Him, 'If Your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.'
  • Exod 40:35-38 : 35 Moses was unable to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud rested on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. 36 Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tabernacle, the Israelites would set out on all their journeys. 37 But if the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was lifted. 38 For the cloud of the Lord was over the Tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel during all their journeys.
  • Lev 26:11-12 : 11 I will set my dwelling among you, and my soul will not reject you. 12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.
  • Num 10:33-36 : 33 So they set out from the mountain of the LORD and traveled for three days. During those three days, the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD went ahead of them to search out a resting place for them. 34 By day, the cloud of the LORD was over them as they set out from the camp. 35 Whenever the Ark set out, Moses would say, "Arise, LORD! Let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you." 36 And whenever it came to rest, he would say, "Return, LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel."
  • Deut 23:14 : 14 You must have a tool among your equipment so that when you go outside the camp to relieve yourself, you can dig a hole with it and cover up your excrement.
  • Judg 2:16-18 : 16 Then the LORD raised up judges who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them. 17 Yet they did not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves by worshiping other gods. They turned quickly from the way their ancestors had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments. They did not do as their ancestors had done. 18 Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived. For the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them.
  • 1 Sam 12:11 : 11 Then the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hand of your enemies on every side, so that you lived in safety.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 7:5-9
    5 verses
    94%

    5"Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: Is it you who would build me a house to dwell in?

    6For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought the people of Israel up from Egypt, to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent, a tabernacle.

    7In all the places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word to any of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'

    8Now therefore, this is what you shall say to my servant David: Thus says the LORD of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people Israel.

    9I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.

  • 1 Chr 17:4-5
    2 verses
    88%

    4"Go and tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.

    5For I have not lived in a house from the day I brought Israel out until this very day. I have moved from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle.

  • 1 Chr 17:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    7Now then, tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people Israel.

    8I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth.

  • 2 Sam 7:11
    80%

    11from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a house.

  • 1 Chr 17:10
    80%

    10and as they have done since the time I appointed judges over my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore, I declare to you that the LORD himself will build a house for you.

  • 1 Kgs 8:16-18
    3 verses
    79%

    16'Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house where My name might be, but I chose David to rule My people Israel.'

    17Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    18But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well to have this desire in your heart.'

  • 2 Chr 6:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4He said, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it with His hands, saying:

    5'From the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city from any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for My name to be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    78%

    38If you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, doing what is right in My eyes by keeping My statutes and commands, as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    78%

    5Judah and Israel lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 6:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10The LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke, and I have taken the place of my father David and now sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    11And there I have placed the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that He made with the people of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 28:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2Then King David stood to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a resting place for the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD and a footstool for our God, and I made preparations to build it.

    3But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My name, because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

  • 1 Kgs 8:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20The LORD has fulfilled His word that He spoke: I have arisen in place of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have also built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    21And there I have placed a place for the Ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our ancestors when He brought them out of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 17:1
    77%

    1When David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am dwelling in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."

  • 1 Kgs 6:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and carry out my ordinances, and keep all my commandments by walking in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.

    13And I will dwell among the people of Israel and will not forsake my people Israel.

  • 2 Chr 6:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    16'Now, LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant David, my father, what You promised him, saying: "You shall never lack a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons are careful in their ways, walking in My law as you have walked before Me."

    17'Now then, LORD, God of Israel, let Your word that You spoke to Your servant David be confirmed.

    18'But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heavens cannot contain You, much less this house that I have built!

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    77%

    2And I have built a lofty house for You, a place for You to dwell forever.

  • 2 Chr 6:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    8But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well to have this desire in your heart.

  • 1 Kgs 8:26-27
    2 verses
    77%

    26'Now therefore, God of Israel, confirm the word that You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.'

    27'But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even the heavens, the highest heavens, cannot contain You. How much less this house that I have built!'

  • 2 Chr 7:17
    76%

    17As for you, if you walk before Me as David your father did, and do all I have commanded, and observe My statutes and judgments,

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    76%

    27For you, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    76%

    12He will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.

  • 1 Chr 22:7
    76%

    7David said to Solomon, 'My son, it was in my heart to build a house for the name of the Lord my God.'

  • 2 Chr 2:6
    76%

    6So now, send me a skilled craftsman, knowledgeable in working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, purple, crimson, and blue yarn, and able to engrave designs. He will work with the skilled craftsmen who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    76%

    13I have indeed built a high and exalted house for You, a place where You may dwell forever.

  • 2 Sam 7:2
    75%

    2the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God remains in a tent."

  • 1 Chr 17:16
    75%

    16Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: "Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

  • 2 Sam 7:18
    75%

    18Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

  • Acts 7:47
    74%

    47But it was Solomon who built Him a house.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    74%

    9I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand gallons of wine, and twenty thousand gallons of oil.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    74%

    1Then David said, 'This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offerings for Israel.'

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    74%

    25You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. That is why your servant has found the courage to pray before you.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    73%

    1King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar wood, stonemasons, and carpenters to build him a palace.

  • Hag 1:8
    73%

    8Go up into the mountains, bring down timber, and build the house, so that I may be pleased with it and be glorified, says the LORD.