1 Chronicles 17:6

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?

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  • 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?"

  • 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?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    In all places wherein I have walked{H1980} with all Israel,{H3478} spake{H1696} I a word{H1697} with any{H259} of the judges{H8199} of Israel,{H3478} whom I commanded{H6680} to be shepherd{H7462} of my people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Why have ye not built{H1129} me a house{H1004} of cedar?{H730}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Wheresoever I have walked{H1980}{(H8694)} with all Israel{H3478}, spake{H1696}{(H8765)} I a word{H1697} to any{H259} of the judges{H8199}{(H8802)} of Israel{H3478}, whom I commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} to feed{H7462}{(H8800)} my people{H5971}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Why have ye not built{H1129}{(H8804)} me an house{H1004} of cedars{H730}?

  • 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 walked with all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
  • 1 Chr 11:2 : 2 Moreover, in times past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led and brought in Israel. And the LORD your God said to you, You shall shepherd my people Israel, and you shall be ruler over my people Israel.
  • Ps 78:71-72 : 71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
  • Jer 23:4 : 4 And I will set shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking, says the LORD.
  • Ezek 34:2 : 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
  • Mic 5:4 : 4 And he shall stand and shepherd in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.
  • Matt 2:6 : 6 And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a Governor who shall rule my people Israel.
  • Acts 13:20 : 20 And after that he gave them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
  • 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
  • Rev 2:1 : 1 To the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands;
  • Exod 33:14-15 : 14 And he said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest. 15 And he said to him, If your presence does not go with me, do not carry us up from here.
  • Exod 40:35-38 : 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud stayed upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 37 But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey until the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
  • Lev 26:11-12 : 11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people.
  • Num 10:33-36 : 33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD, a three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. 34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let Your enemies be scattered; and let those who hate You flee before You. 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, to the many thousands of Israel.
  • Deut 23:14 : 14 For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you; therefore shall your camp be holy, that He see no unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.
  • Judg 2:16-18 : 16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them. 17 Yet they would not listen to their judges, but they went whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves to them: they quickly turned out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do so. 18 And when the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings due to those who oppressed them and vexed them.
  • 1 Sam 12:11 : 11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you dwelled safe.

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, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

    6 Since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, I have not dwelt in any house, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

    7 In all the places where I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?

    8 Now therefore, so shall you 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, over Israel:

    9 And I was with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies out of your sight, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

  • 1 Chr 17:4-5
    2 verses
    88%

    4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build me a house to live in:

    5 For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

  • 1 Chr 17:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    7 Now therefore thus shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepfold, even from following the sheep, that you should be ruler over my people Israel:

    8 And I have been with you wherever you have walked, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

  • 2 Sam 7:11
    80%

    11 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you a house.

  • 1 Chr 17:10
    80%

    10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore, I tell you that the LORD will build you a house.

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

    16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

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

    18 And the LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

  • 2 Chr 6:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has with his hands fulfilled what he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying,

    5 Since the day that I brought forth 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:

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    78%

    38 And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    78%

    5 And behold, I plan to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build a house for my name.

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

    10 The LORD therefore has performed his word that he has spoken; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

    11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 28:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2 Then King David stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: As for me, I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations for the building:

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

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

    20 And the LORD has performed his word that he spoke, and I have risen up in place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

    21 And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 17:1
    77%

    1 Now it happened, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Look, I live in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remains under curtains.

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

    12 As for this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and execute my judgments and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will fulfill my word with you, which I spoke to David your father:

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

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

    16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that your children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as you have walked before me.

    17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you have spoken to your servant David.

    18 But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    77%

    2 But I have built a house of habitation for you, and a place for your dwelling forever.

  • 2 Chr 6:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

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

    8 But the LORD said to David my father, Because it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well in that it was in your heart:

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

    26 And now, O God of Israel, let your word, I pray you, be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.

    27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built?

  • 2 Chr 7:17
    76%

    17 As for you, if you will walk before Me, as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and keep My statutes and My judgments;

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    76%

    27 For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    76%

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

  • 1 Chr 22:7
    76%

    7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God:

  • 2 Chr 2:6
    76%

    6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except only to burn sacrifice before him?

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    76%

    13 I have surely built you a house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in forever.

  • 2 Sam 7:2
    75%

    2 That the king said to Nathan the prophet, Look now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.

  • 1 Chr 17:16
    75%

    16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

  • 2 Sam 7:18
    75%

    18 Then 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 this far?

  • Acts 7:47
    74%

    47 But Solomon built Him a house.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    74%

    9 To prepare me timber in abundance, for the house which I am about to build shall be exceedingly great.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    74%

    1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    74%

    25 For you, O my God, have told your servant that you will build him a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray before you.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    73%

    1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar timber, masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

  • Hag 1:8
    73%

    8 Go up to the mountains, bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.