16For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.


In Context

13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

14 If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

15 Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;

18 Then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

2 Chronicles 7:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:16I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:16For I have chosen, and have sanctified this place, that my name may be there for ever, and my eyes and my heart may remain there perpetually.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:16For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16for I have now chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:16For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16and now, I have chosen and sanctified this house for My name being there unto the age; yea, Mine eyes and My heart have been there all the days.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.