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


In Context

2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, 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 an house to dwell therein, [even so deal with me. ]

4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD 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 an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

2 Chronicles 2:5 in Other Translations

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:5And the house which I build is great; for great is our God 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.