2 Chronicles 5:14
So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
2 Chronicles 5:14 in other translations
| BSB | so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God. |
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| WEB | so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the LORD’s glory filled God’s house. |
| ASV | so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of God. |
| YLT | and the priests have not been able to stand to minister from the presence of the cloud, for the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house of God. |
| DARBY | and the priests could not stand to do their service because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of God. |
| BBE | So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud; for the house of God was full of the glory of the Lord. |
| Webster | So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God. |
What does 2 Chronicles 5:14 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 5:11-14
God took possession of the temple; he filled it with a cloud. Thus he signified his acceptance of this temple, to be the same to him that the tabernacle of Moses was, and assured his people that he would be the same in it. Would we have God dwell in our hearts, we must leave room for him; every thing else must give way. The Word was made flesh; and when he comes to his temple, like a refiner's fire, who may abide…
2 Chronicles 5:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 5:14
- Exodus 40:35
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
- 1 Kings 8:11
So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.
- Isaiah 6:1-4
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
- 2 Chronicles 7:2
And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house.
- Revelation 15:8
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
- Ezekiel 10:4
Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s glory.
- 1 Timothy 6:16
Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 5:13
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord;
- 2 Chronicles 5:14
So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
2 Chronicles 5:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y no podían los sacerdotes estar para ministrar, por causa de la nube; porque la gloria de Jehová había henchido la casa de Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et les sacrificateurs ne pouvaient pas s’y tenir pour faire le service, à cause de la nuée, car la gloire de l’ Éternel remplissait la maison de Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Priester vermochten wegen der Wolke nicht dazustehen, um den Dienst zu verrichten; denn die Herrlichkeit Jehovas erfüllte das Haus Gottes. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | nec possent sacerdotes stare et ministrare propter caliginem. Compleverat enim gloria Domini domum Dei. |