Isaiah 66:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool; what is the house which you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THUS SAYS the Lord: Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house would you build for Me? And what kind can be My resting-place? [Acts 17:24.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?

Common English Bible

¹ The LORD says: Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. So where could you build a house for me, and where could my resting place be?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Thus says the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What is this house that you would build for me? And what is this place of my rest?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ THUS saith the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool. What is this house that you will build to me? And what is this place of my rest?

Isaiah 66:1 Cross References

1 Kings 8:27

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

1 Chronicles 28:2

Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brethren and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God; and I made preparations for building.

2 Chronicles 2:5

The house which I am to build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

2 Chronicles 6:18

“But will God dwell indeed with man on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

Psalm 11:4

The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven; his eyes behold, his eyelids test, the children of men.

Psalm 132:7

“Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool!”

Psalm 99:9

Extol the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy!

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 him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 60:13

The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the pine, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

Jeremiah 23:24

Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.

Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 12:6

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

Matthew 24:2

But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down.”

Acts 17:24

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man,