1 Kings 8:27

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

But, is it true? -- God dwelleth on the earth! lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens do not contain Thee, how much less this house which I have builded!

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus said Jehovah: The heavens `are' My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where `is' this -- the house that ye build for Me? And where `is' this -- the place -- My rest?
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 Is any one hidden in secret places, And I see him not? an affirmation of Jehovah, Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • 2 Chr 2:6 : 6 and who doth retain strength to build to Him a house, for the heavens, even the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Him? and who `am' I that I do build to Him a house, except to make perfume before Him?
  • Ps 139:7-9 : 7 Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee? 8 If I ascend the heavens -- there Thou `art', And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee! 9 I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea, 10 Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me. 11 And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night `is' light to me. 12 Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as `is' darkness so `is' light. 13 For Thou -- Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. 14 I confess Thee, because that `with' wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful `are' Thy works, And my soul is knowing `it' well. 15 My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth. 16 Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them.
  • Acts 7:48-49 : 48 `But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith: 49 The heaven `is' My throne, and the earth My footstool; what house will ye build to Me? saith the Lord, or what `is' the place of My rest?
  • Acts 17:24 : 24 `God, who did make the world, and all things in it, this One, of heaven and of earth being Lord, in temples made with hands doth not dwell,
  • 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 and what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said -- `I will dwell in them, and will walk among `them', and I will be their God, and they shall be My people,
  • 2 Cor 12:2 : 2 I have known a man in Christ, fourteen years ago -- whether in the body I have not known, whether out of the body I have not known, God hath known -- such an one being caught away unto the third heaven;
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;
  • Deut 10:14 : 14 `Lo, to Jehovah thy God `are' the heavens and the heavens of the heavens, the earth and all that `is' in it;
  • 2 Chr 6:18 : 18 (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?)
  • Ps 113:4 : 4 High above all nations `is' Jehovah, Above the heavens `is' his honour.
  • John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

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    17`And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, is Thy word stedfast that Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, to David,

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  • 2 Chr 2:5-6
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    5`And the house that I am building `is' great, for greater `is' our God than all gods;

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  • 2 Sam 7:27
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    27For Thou, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant, saying, A house I build for thee, therefore hath Thy servant found his heart to pray unto Thee this prayer;

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    26`And now, O God of Israel, let it be established, I pray Thee, Thy word which Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, David my father.

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    47and Solomon built Him an house.

    48`But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:

    49The heaven `is' My throne, and the earth My footstool; what house will ye build to Me? saith the Lord, or what `is' the place of My rest?

  • 1 Kgs 8:28-29
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    28`Then thou hast turned unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and unto the prayer which Thy servant is praying before Thee to-day,

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  • 1 Chr 17:25
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    25for Thou, O my God, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant -- to build to him a house, therefore hath Thy servant found to pray before Thee.

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    5`Go, and thou hast said unto My servant, unto David, Thus said Jehovah, Dost thou build for Me a house for My dwelling in?

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    7During all `the time' that I have walked up and down among all the sons of Israel, a word have I spoken with one of the tribes of Israel which I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, `Why have ye not built to Me a house of cedars?

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    13I have surely built a house of habitation for Thee; a fixed place for Thine abiding to the ages.'

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    2and I -- I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'

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    6whithersoever 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?

  • Isa 66:1
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    1Thus said Jehovah: The heavens `are' My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where `is' this -- the house that ye build for Me? And where `is' this -- the place -- My rest?

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    5and lo, I am saying to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son whom I appoint in thy stead on thy throne, he doth build the house for My name.

  • 1 Kgs 8:42-43
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    19only, thou dost not build the house, but thy son who is coming out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.

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    33then Thou dost hear from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast done according to all that the stranger calleth unto Thee for: so that all the peoples of the earth do know Thy name, so as to fear Thee, as Thy people Israel, and to know that Thy name is called on this house that I have built.

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