2 Chronicles 6:8
But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
2 Chronicles 6:8 in other translations
| BSB | But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart. |
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| WEB | But the LORD 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; |
| ASV | But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart: |
| YLT | 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, |
| DARBY | But Jehovah said to David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart; |
| BBE | But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name: |
| Webster | But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thy heart; |
2 Chronicles 6:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 6:8
- 2 Corinthians 8:12
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
- 1 Kings 8:18-21
And the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. Nevertheless 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. And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
- Mark 14:8
She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
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1Ki 8:18-21; Mr 14:8; 2Co 8:12
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 6:7
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 6:8
But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
- 2 Chronicles 6:9
Notwithstanding 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.
2 Chronicles 6:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas Jehová dijo á David mi padre: Respecto á haber tenido en tu corazón edificar casa á mi nombre, bien has hecho en haber tenido esto en tu corazón. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’ Éternel dit à David, mon père: Puisque tu as eu à cœur de bâtir une maison pour mon nom, tu as bien fait de l’avoir eu à cœur; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Jehova sprach zu meinem Vater David: Weil es in deinem Herzen gewesen ist, meinem Namen ein Haus zu bauen, so hast du wohlgetan, daß es in deinem Herzen gewesen ist. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | dixit Dominus ad eum: Quia hæc fuit voluntas tua, ut ædificares domum nomini meo, bene quidem fecisti hujuscemodi habere voluntatem: |