19Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, who is your own flesh and blood-he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.'


In Context

16 'Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built for my Name to be there, but I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.'

17 "My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the Lord , the God of Israel.

18 But the Lord said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a temple for my Name, you did well to have this in your heart.

19 Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, who is your own flesh and blood-he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.'

20 "The Lord has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of the Lord , the God of Israel.

21 I have provided a place there for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with our fathers when he brought them out of Egypt."

1st Kings 8:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:19Nevertheless 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:19Nevertheless thou shalt not build me a house, but thy son, that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:19nevertheless 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19nevertheless 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:19nevertheless 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19Nevertheless, thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house to my name.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19only, thou dost not build the house, but thy son who is coming out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:19Nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son that shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house to my name.