9nevertheless 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.'


In Context

6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'

7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

8 But Yahweh said to David my father, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:

9 nevertheless 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.'

10 |Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

11 There I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with the children of Israel.|

2 Chronicles 6:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:9Notwithstanding 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:9Nevertheless, 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.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:9But thou shalt not build the house, but thy son, who shall come out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:9nevertheless 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

6:9nevertheless 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

6:9nevertheless 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

6:9Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son who shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:9but thou dost not build the house, for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:9Notwithstanding you shall not build the house; but your son which shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house for my name.