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.


In Context

6 and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.

7 'And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel,

8 and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart,

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

10 'And Jehovah doth establish His word that He spake, and I rise up in the stead of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah spake, and I build the house for the name of Jehovah, God of Israel,

11 and I place there the ark, where is the covenant of Jehovah that He made with the sons 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:9nevertheless 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.'

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.