Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! New Living Translation “But will God really live on earth? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built! English Standard Version “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built! Berean Standard Bible But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built. King James Bible But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? New King James Version “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built! New American Standard Bible “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built! NASB 1995 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built! NASB 1977 “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! Legacy Standard Bible “But will God truly dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built! Amplified Bible But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built! Christian Standard Bible But will God indeed live on earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this temple I have built. Holman Christian Standard Bible But will God indeed live on earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built. American Standard Version But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded! Aramaic Bible in Plain English For is God truly dwelling on the Earth? Behold, Heaven and the Heaven of Heavens do not contain you, therefore this house that I have built does not. Brenton Septuagint Translation But will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and heaven of heavens will not suffice thee, how much less even this house which I have built to thy name? Contemporary English Version There's not enough room in all of heaven for you, LORD God. How could you possibly live on earth in this temple I have built? Douay-Rheims Bible Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth? for if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built? English Revised Version But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded! GOD'S WORD® Translation "Does God really live on earth? If heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot hold you, then how can this temple that I have built? Good News Translation "But can you, O God, really live on earth? Not even all of heaven is large enough to hold you, so how can this Temple that I have built be large enough? International Standard Version and yet, will God truly reside on earth? Look! Neither the sky nor the highest heaven can contain you! How much less this Temple that I have built! JPS Tanakh 1917 But will God in very truth dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house that I have builded! Literal Standard Version But is it true [that] God dwells on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the heavens of the heavens cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built! Majority Standard Bible But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built. New American Bible “Is God indeed to dwell on earth? If the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain you, how much less this house which I have built! NET Bible "God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built! New Revised Standard Version “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! New Heart English Bible But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Look, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built. Webster's Bible Translation But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have built? World English Bible But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house that I have built! Young's Literal Translation But, is it true? -- God dwelleth on the earth! lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens do not contain Thee, how much less this house which I have builded! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Solomon's Prayer of Dedication…26And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David. 27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built. 28Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.… Cross References Acts 7:49 Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be? Acts 17:24 The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands. Deuteronomy 10:14 Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it. 2 Chronicles 2:6 But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him? Psalm 68:33 to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds. Psalm 139:7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? Psalm 148:4 Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies. Treasury of Scripture But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built? But will 2 Chronicles 6:18 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! Isaiah 66:1 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? John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. the heaven Deuteronomy 10:14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. 2 Chronicles 2:6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? Psalm 113:4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. Jump to Previous Builded Built Contain Deed Dwell Dwelleth Earth Enough Heaven Heavens Highest House Housed Indeed Less Possible Really Resting-Place True. Truth WideJump to Next Builded Built Contain Deed Dwell Dwelleth Earth Enough Heaven Heavens Highest House Housed Indeed Less Possible Really Resting-Place True. Truth Wide1 Kings 8 1. The feast of the temple12. Solomon's blessing 22. Solomon's prayer 54. Solomon's blessing 62. His sacrifice of peace offerings (27, 28) Will God indeed dwell.--The thought expressed here exemplifies a constant antithesis which run through the Old Testament. On the one hand, there is the most profound and unvarying conception of the Infinity, eternal, invisible, incomprehensible, of the Lord, as "the High and Holy One who inhabiteth eternity," whom "the heaven of heavens"--the heaven, that is, in all its vastest extent--"cannot contain;" and the spirituality of this conception is guarded by the sternest prohibition of that idolatry which limited and degraded the idea of God, and by rebuke of the superstition which trusted in an intrinsic sacredness of the Ark or the Temple. On the other hand, there is an equally vivid conviction that the Infinite Jehovah is yet pleased to enter into a special covenant with Israel, beyond all other nations, to reveal Himself by the cloud in the midst of His people, to bless, with a peculiar blessing, "the place which He chooses to place His Name there." The two conceptions co-exist, as in the text, in complete harmony, both preparing for the perfect manifestation of a "God with us" in that kingdom of the Messiah, which was at once to perfect the covenant with Israel, and to include all peoples, nations, and languages for ever and ever. The words of Solomon in spirit anticipate the utterance of the prophet (Isaiah 66:1), quoted by St. Stephen against idolatry of the Temple (Acts 7:48), and even the greater declaration of our Lord (John 4:21-24) as to the universal presence of God to all spiritual worship. Yet he feels the reality of the consecration of the House raised by the command of God; and prays that all who recognise it by prayer "toward this house," may enter into the special unity with God which it symbolises, and be heard by Him from heaven. By an instructive contrast, the Temple is described as the place where God's "Name"--that is, His self-revelation--is made to dwell; but heaven, and it alone, as the true dwelling- place of God Himself.Verse 27. - But [כִּי. Bahr refers for this use of the word to 1 Samuel 29:8; 1 Kings 11:22; 2 Kings 8:13; Jeremiah 23:18] will God indeed [Web. verily; same root as that of preceding verb, "verified." The repetition shows the connexion of thought. "But can these words be verified? Will God verily," etc.] dwell on the earth? behold the heaven and heaven of heavens [Same expression Deuteronomy 10:14. Cf. Psalm 115:16; Psalm 148:4; Isaiah 66:1. The Jewish belief respecting the seven heavens (see Wetstein on 2 Corinthians 12:2; Stanley, "Corinthians," l.c.) is of much later date, and a reference to it, or to the belief of some Rabbins in two heavens (after Deuteronomy 10:14), is altogether out of the question. The "heaven of heavens" = "all the spaces of heaven, however vast and infinite" (Gesen., cf. Psalm 148:4). The analogy of "holy of holies" would, however, suggest that not all the heavens, but the highest heavens are intended] cannot contain thee; how much less [אַפ כִּי: Ewald, 354 c] this house that I have builded? [Two points are to be noticed here. (1) Solomon never denies for a moment that the temple was a real habitation of Jehovah, or that a real presence was manifested there. He only denies that the Deity is contained in earthly temples (2) He had no unworthy ideas - such as were prevalent in that age - of God as a local deity, limited to space. The words clearly prove his grasp of the omnipresence and infinity of God. With this passage compare Psalm 139:7-10; Isaiah 66:1 (quoted in Acts 7:49), and Acts 17:24.] Ver 28. - Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant [ = the prayer I now offer, which is that thou wilt hear all future prayers offered here, mine and my people's] and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer [Three words are used here, תְּחִנָּה תְּפִלָה, and רנָּה. The first (from הִתְפָלַל, precatus est; see ver. 29) is apparently a general term for prayer; the second (from חָנַן, propitius fuit) is properly a cry for mercy; hence an earnest prayer or supplication; while the third signifies a joyful cry; hence a mournful cry or prayer] which thy servant prayeth before thee today. Hebrew Butכִּ֚י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction will God אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative indeed הַֽאֻמְנָ֔ם (ha·’um·nām) Conjunction Strong's 552: Verily, truly, indeed dwell יֵשֵׁ֥ב (yê·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry upon עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the earth? הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Even הִ֠נֵּה (hin·nêh) Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! heaven, הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky the highest heaven, וּשְׁמֵ֤י (ū·šə·mê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky cannot לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no contain You, יְכַלְכְּל֔וּךָ (yə·ḵal·kə·lū·ḵā) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | second person masculine singular Strong's 3557: To keep in, to measure, to maintain much less אַ֕ף (’ap̄) Conjunction Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though this הַזֶּ֖ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that temple הַבַּ֥יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house I have built. בָּנִֽיתִי׃ (bā·nî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 1129: To build Links 1 Kings 8:27 NIV1 Kings 8:27 NLT 1 Kings 8:27 ESV 1 Kings 8:27 NASB 1 Kings 8:27 KJV 1 Kings 8:27 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 8:27 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 8:27 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 8:27 French Bible 1 Kings 8:27 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 8:27 But will God in very deed dwell (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |
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