2 Chronicles 6:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ “But will God indeed dwell with mortals on earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ But will God actually dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!

Common English Bible

¹⁸ But how could God possibly live on earth with people? If heaven, even the highest heaven, can’t contain you, how can this temple that I have built contain you?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ How then is it to be believe that God would dwell with men upon the earth? If heaven and the heavens of the heavens do not contain you, how much less this house that I have built?

2 Chronicles 6:18 Cross References

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; so what kind of house could you build for me, what sort of place for me to rest?

2 Chronicles 2:6

But who is able to build him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him except as a place to make offerings before him?

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know a person in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows.

Acts 17:24

The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,

2 Chronicles 32:15

Now, therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this fashion, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to save his people from my hand or from the hand of my ancestors. How much less will your God save you out of my hand!”

Matthew 7:11

If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Psalm 68:18

You ascended the high mount, leading captives in your train and receiving gifts from people, even from those who rebel against the Lord God’s abiding there.

Job 9:14

How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him?

Job 4:19

how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth.

1 Kings 8:27

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built!

Jeremiah 23:24

Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.

Matthew 12:6

I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.

2 Chronicles 6:17

Therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed that you promised to your servant David.

2 Chronicles 6:19

Regard your servant’s prayer and his plea, O Lord my God, heeding the cry and the prayer that your servant prays to you.

2 Chronicles 2:5

The house that I am about to build will be great, for our God is greater than other gods.