2 Chronicles 7:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I have chosen and consecrated this house so that My name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For now have I chosen{H977} and hallowed{H6942} this house,{H1004} that my name{H8034} may be there for{H5704} ever;{H5769} and mine eyes{H5869} and my heart{H3820} shall be there perpetually.{H3117}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For now have I chosen{H977}{(H8804)} and sanctified{H6942}{(H8689)} this house{H1004}, that my name{H8034} may be there for{H5704} ever{H5769}: and mine eyes{H5869} and mine heart{H3820} shall be there perpetually{H3117}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thus haue I now chosen this house, and sanctifyed it, that my name maye be there for euer: and myne eyes and my hert shal allwaye be there.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For I haue nowe chosen and sanctified this house, that my Name may be there for euer: and mine eyes & mine heart shalbe there perpetually.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And therfore nowe I haue chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for euer: and myne eyes and myne heart shalbe there perpetually.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 7:12 : 12 Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.
  • 2 Chr 7:15 : 15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
  • 2 Chr 33:4-7 : 4 He built altars in the temple of the LORD, about which the LORD had said, 'My name will remain in Jerusalem forever.' 5 He built altars to all the stars of the sky in both courtyards of the temple of the LORD. 6 He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination, sought omens, practiced witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger. 7 Manasseh took a carved idol that he had made and placed it in the temple of God, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, 'In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.'
  • Ps 132:14 : 14 'This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.'
  • Zech 3:2 : 2 And the LORD said to Satan, 'The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is this man not like a burning stick snatched from the fire?'
  • Matt 3:17 : 17 And a voice from heaven said, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.'
  • John 2:19-21 : 19 Jesus answered them, 'Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.' 20 They replied, 'It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and You are going to raise it in three days?' 21 But He was speaking about the temple of His body.
  • Col 2:9 : 9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.
  • Deut 12:21 : 21 If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, you may slaughter from your herds and flocks that the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and eat within your gates as much as you desire.
  • Deut 16:11 : 11 Rejoice before the Lord your God—you, your son and daughter, your male and female servants, the Levite in your towns, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow living among you, in the place the Lord your God chooses to establish His name.
  • 1 Kgs 8:16 : 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.'
  • 1 Kgs 8:35 : 35 When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, if they pray toward this place, confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You have afflicted them,
  • 1 Kgs 8:44 : 44 When Your people go out to fight against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the temple I have built for Your name,
  • 1 Kgs 8:48 : 48 and if they turn back to You with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to You in the direction of the land You gave to their ancestors, the city You have chosen, and the temple I have built for Your name,
  • 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 The LORD said to him, 'I have heard your prayer and your plea that you made before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will always be there.'
  • 2 Kgs 21:4 : 4 He built altars in the house of the LORD, about which the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem I will put My name.'
  • 2 Kgs 21:7-8 : 7 He placed the carved Asherah image he had made in the house about 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 the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever. 8 I will no longer make Israel's feet wander from the land I gave their fathers, if only they will carefully do everything I commanded them and keep the whole law that My servant Moses gave them.'
  • 2 Chr 6:5-6 : 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. 6 But I have chosen Jerusalem for My name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule over My people Israel.'
  • 2 Chr 6:20 : 20 'May Your eyes be open toward this house day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your name, to listen to the prayer Your servant prays toward this place.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    86%

    3 The LORD said to him, 'I have heard your prayer and your plea that you made before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will always be there.'

  • 2 Chr 7:15
    81%

    15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

  • 2 Chr 6:5-8
    4 verses
    79%

    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.

    6 But I have chosen Jerusalem for My name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule over My people Israel.'

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

    8 But 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 6:2
    78%

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:29
    78%

    29 'May Your eyes be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which You said, “My name shall be there,” to hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    78%

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

  • 2 Chr 7:12
    78%

    12 Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    77%

    8 They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your name, saying,

  • 2 Chr 6:20
    77%

    20 'May Your eyes be open toward this house day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your name, to listen to the prayer Your servant prays toward this place.

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    77%

    7 He placed the carved Asherah image he had made in the house about 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 the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    77%

    7 Manasseh took a carved idol that he had made and placed it in the temple of God, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, 'In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    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.'

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

  • Ps 132:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:

    14 'This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.'

  • 2 Sam 7:25-27
    3 verses
    76%

    25 And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and his house, and do as you have spoken.

    26 May your name be magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of hosts is God over Israel,' and may the house of your servant David be established before you.

    27 For 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.

  • 2 Sam 7:13
    76%

    13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

  • 1 Chr 28:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father.

    7 I will establish his kingdom forever if he is resolute in keeping My commandments and ordinances, as he is doing today.’

  • 2 Chr 7:17
    76%

    17 As 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 Chr 7:20
    76%

    20 then I will uproot you from My land that I have given you, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    76%

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

  • Jer 7:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11 Has this house, which bears my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,’ declares the LORD.

    12 Now go to my place in Shiloh, where I first caused my name to dwell. See what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    75%

    5 Judah 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 6:18
    75%

    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!

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    75%

    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 2:4
    75%

    4 The house I am building will be large because our God is greater than all gods.

  • 1 Chr 17:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23 "And now, LORD, let the word you have spoken concerning your servant and his house be established forever. Do as you promised,

    24 so that your name will be magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel's God.' And may the house of your servant David be established before you.

  • Jer 7:7
    74%

    7 then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors forever and ever.

  • 1 Chr 22:7
    74%

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

  • 2 Sam 7:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 For 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.

    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?'

  • Ps 26:8
    74%

    8 Lord, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

  • 2 Sam 7:29
    74%

    29 Now therefore, please bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever.

  • 2 Chr 6:34
    74%

    34 When Your people go out to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and they pray to You toward this city which You have chosen and the house I have built for Your name,

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    74%

    10 Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.

  • Ezek 37:26
    74%

    26 I will make a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.

  • 1 Kgs 8:44
    74%

    44 When Your people go out to fight against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the temple I have built for Your name,

  • 1 Kgs 8:21
    73%

    21 And 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 17:27
    73%

    27 Now you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever in your presence. For you, LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.

  • 1 Kgs 6:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 Concerning 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.

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

  • Jer 7:14
    73%

    14 So I will do to the house that bears my name, in which you trust, and to the place I gave to you and your ancestors, just as I did to Shiloh.