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.’
Parallel Translations
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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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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.
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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.
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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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.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 6:9. Thy son, he shall build the house,…
2Ch 6:9. Thy son, he shall build the house, &c. — Thus one sows and another reaps: and one age begins that which the next brings to perfection. And let not the wisest of men think it any disparagement to them to pursue the good designs which those that went before them had formed, and to build on their foundation.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. thou shalt not build] Cp. 1Ch_22:8, note.
9. thou shalt not build] Cp. 1Ch_22:8, note.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) Notwithstanding thou shalt not build.—Only thou, thou shalt…
(9) Notwithstanding thou shalt not build.—Only thou, thou shalt not build; with stress on the pronoun.
But thy son.—Heb., for thy son; so LXX.; Kings, “but;” and so some MSS. and the Syriac, Vulg., and Arabic here. Otherwise the whole verse is as in Kings.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.