2 Chronicles 6:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’”
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“Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.”
King James Version · Public Domain“nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“but thou dost not build the house, for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Chronicles 6:9 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Chronicles 17:4“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
- 1 Chronicles 17:11And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Chronicles 28:3but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).