2 Chronicles 6:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

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!

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    '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!

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But will God{H430} in very deed{H552} dwell{H3427} with men{H120} on the earth?{H776} behold, heaven{H8064} and the heaven{H8064} of heavens{H8064} cannot contain{H3557} thee; how much less this house{H1004} which I have builded!{H1129}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But will God{H430} in very deed{H552} dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} with men{H120} on the earth{H776}? behold, heaven{H8064} and the heaven{H8064} of heavens{H8064} cannot contain{H3557}{(H8770)} thee; how much less this house{H1004} which I have built{H1129}{(H8804)}!

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For thinkest thou that God in very dede dwelleth amonge men vpon earth? Beholde, the heauen and ye heauens of all heauens maye not coteyne the: how shulde then this house do it, which I haue buylded?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    (Is it true in deede that God will dwell with man on earth? beholde, the heauens, and the heauens of heauens are not able to conteine thee: how much more vnable is this house, which I haue buylt?)

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    (And wil God in verie deede dwel with men on earth? Beholde, heauen and heauen aboue all heauens do not contayne thee, howe much lesse the house which I haue buylded?)

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    (for is it true? -- God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?)

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 2:6 : 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?
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus says the LORD, The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build for me? and where is the place of my rest?
  • Ps 113:5-6 : 5 Who is like the LORD our God, who dwells on high, 6 Who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in heaven and on the earth!
  • Ps 139:7-9 : 7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 Even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
  • Exod 29:45-46 : 45 I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God. 46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.
  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 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 32:15 : 15 Now therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you in this manner, nor believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand and from the hand of my fathers, how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?
  • Job 4:19 : 19 How much less in those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?
  • Job 9:14 : 14 How much less shall I answer Him, and choose my words to argue with Him?
  • Job 25:4-6 : 4 How then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be clean who is born of a woman? 5 Behold, even the moon, and it does not shine; yes, the stars are not pure in His sight. 6 How much less man, who is a worm, and the son of man, who is a worm?
  • Ps 68:18 : 18 You have ascended on high, you have led captivity captive: you have received gifts for men; yes, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 Can anyone hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the LORD.
  • Matt 7:11 : 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him?
  • Acts 7:48-49 : 48 However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says: 49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. What house will you build for me? says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?
  • Acts 17:24 : 24 God, who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;
  • 2 Cor 12:2 : 2 I knew a man in Christ over fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I cannot tell, or whether out of the body, I cannot tell; God knows) who was caught up to the third heaven.

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  • 1 Kgs 8:26-28
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    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?

    28 Yet have respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer, which your servant prays before you today:

  • 2 Chr 2:5-6
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    5 And the house which I build is great, for great is our God above all gods.

    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?

  • 2 Chr 6:1-2
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    1 Then Solomon said, The LORD has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

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

  • 2 Chr 6:19-20
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    19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and the prayer which your servant prays before you:

    20 That your eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place where you have said that you would put your name there; to listen to the prayer which your servant prays toward this place.

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

  • Acts 7:47-49
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    47 But Solomon built Him a house.

    48 However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:

    49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. What house will you build for me? says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?

  • Isa 66:1
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    1 Thus says the LORD, The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build for me? and where is the place of my rest?

  • 1 Chr 17:4-6
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    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.

    6 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?

  • 2 Sam 7:5-7
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    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?

  • 2 Sam 7:27
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    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.

  • 2 Chr 6:7-11
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    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:

    9 Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come from your loins, he shall build the house for my name.

    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.

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    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.

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    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.

  • 2 Chr 20:8
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    8 And they dwelt in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying,

  • 2 Chr 6:32-34
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    32 Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, but has come from a far country for your great name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;

    33 Then hear from the heavens, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all people of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

    34 If your people go out to war against their enemies by the way that you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;

  • 1 Kgs 6:12-13
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
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    13 I have surely built you a house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in forever.

  • 1 Kgs 6:2
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    2 And the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length was sixty cubits, and its width twenty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
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    16 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.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
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    3 And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before Me: I have hallowed this house, which you have built, to put My name there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 1 Kgs 6:17
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    17 And the house, that is, the temple in front, was forty cubits long.

  • 1 Chr 29:16
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    16 O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name is from Your hand, and is all Your own.

  • 1 Kgs 6:19
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    19 And the oracle he prepared in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

  • 2 Sam 7:19
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    19 And this was yet a small thing in your sight, O Lord GOD; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?

  • Hag 1:8
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    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.

  • 1 Chr 17:16
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    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?

  • Ps 26:8
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    8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of Your house and the place where Your honor dwells.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17-19
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    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.

    19 Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come from your body, he shall build the house for my name.

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    43 Hear in heaven your dwelling place, and act according to all that the stranger calls to you for: that all people of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have built, is called by your name.

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    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: