2 Chronicles 7:16
For 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.
2 Chronicles 7:16 in other translations
| BSB | For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. |
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| WEB | For now I have chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart will be there perpetually. |
| ASV | For 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. |
| YLT | and 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. |
| DARBY | for 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. |
| BBE | For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times. |
| Webster | 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. |
2 Chronicles 7:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 7:16
- 2 Chronicles 7:15
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
- 2 Chronicles 7:12
And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
- 2 Chronicles 6:5-6
Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
- 1 Kings 9:3
And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
- 2 Chronicles 6:20
That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
- Colossians 2:9
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
- John 2:19-21
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body.
- Zechariah 3:2
And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
- 2 Chronicles 33:4-7
Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
- Psalms 132:14
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
- 1 Kings 8:44
If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
- 1 Kings 8:35
When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 7:15
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
- 2 Chronicles 7:16
For 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.
- 2 Chronicles 7:17
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;
2 Chronicles 7:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pues que ahora he elegido y santificado esta casa, para que esté en ella mi nombre para siempre; y mis ojos y mi corazón estarán ahí para siempre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car maintenant j’ai choisi et sanctifié cette maison, afin que mon nom y soit à jamais; et mes yeux et mon cœur seront toujours là. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und nun habe ich dieses Haus erwählt und geheiligt, daß mein Name daselbst sei ewiglich; und meine Augen und mein Herz sollen daselbst sein alle Tage. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Elegi enim, et sanctificavi locum istum, ut sit nomen meum ibi in sempiternum, et permaneant oculi mei et cor meum ibi cunctis diebus. |