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2 Chronicles 6:9

nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who will come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who will come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    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.

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Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 6:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 7:12-13 When your days are fulfilled, and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
  • 1 Chronicles 17:4 “Go and tell David my servant, ‘Yahweh says, “You shall not build me a house to dwell in;
  • 1 Chronicles 17:11-12 It will happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your offspring after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

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Explain this verse (4 sources)

Historical commentary, presented as a primary source — not an endorsement.

John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain But thy son, &c. - Thus one sows, and…

But thy son, &c. - Thus one sows, and another reaps. And let not the wisest of men, think it any disparagement to pursue the good designs which those that went before them had laid.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 6:9. Thy son, he shall build the house,…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. thou shalt not build] Cp. 1Ch_22:8, note.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) Notwithstanding thou shalt not build.—Only thou, thou shalt…

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