5And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.


In Context

2 And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me .

4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

5 And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

7 Now therefore send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that knoweth how to grave all manner of gravings, to be with the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

2 Chronicles 2:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5And the house which I build [is] great: for great [is] our God above all gods.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:5"The temple I am going to build will be great, because our God is greater than all other gods.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:5For the house which I desire to build, is great: for our God is great above all gods.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5And the house that I will build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:5And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5|The house which I build is great; for our God is great above all gods.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5And the house that I am building is great, for greater is our God than all gods;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.