2 Chronicles 6:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to consider building a house for my name;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But the Lord said to David my father, Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name and renown, you did well that it was in your heart.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ 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:

Common English Bible

⁸ But the LORD said to my father David: “It is very good that you thought to build a temple for my name. Nevertheless,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ the Lord said to him: 'In so far as it was your will that you build a house to my name, certainly you have done well in having such a will.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ The Lord said to him: Forasmuch as it was thy will to build a house to my name, thou hast done well indeed in having such a will.

2 Chronicles 6:8 Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:7

My father David had it in mind to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:9

nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’

Mark 14:8

She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for its burial.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.