2 Chronicles 6:9 “Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own…”

2 Chronicles 6:9

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

Other translations

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.

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.’

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house, but thy sonne which shall come out of thy loynes, he shall buylde an house vnto my Name.

Darby Translation

nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

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Cross references

“thy son”

1 Chronicles 17:4 2 Samuel 7:12 2 Samuel 7:13 1 Chronicles 17:11 1 Chronicles 17:12

1 Chronicles 17:4 · BSB

“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.

2 Samuel 7:12 · BSB

And 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.

2 Samuel 7:13 · BSB

He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

1 Chronicles 17:11 · BSB

And 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 17:12 · BSB

He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

10Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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