Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
He said to me,
New American Standard Bible
He said to me, ‘Your son
King James Version
And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
International Standard Version
He told me,
A Conservative Version
And he said to me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
American Standard Version
And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
Amplified
He said to me, ‘Solomon your son shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to me, Solomon your son will be the builder of my house and the open spaces round it; for I have taken him to be my son, and I will be his father.
Darby Translation
And he said to me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say to me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my enclosures: for I chose in him to me for son, and I will be to him for father.
King James 2000
And he said unto me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said to me, 'Solomon your son, he himself shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him as a son to myself, and I myself will be as a father to him,
Modern King James verseion
And He said to me, Solomon your son shall build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he said unto me, 'Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father,
NET Bible
He said to me, 'Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.
New Heart English Bible
He said to me, 'Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
The Emphasized Bible
And he said unto am, Solomon thy son - he, shall build my house, and my courts, - for I have made choice of him that he may be my son, and that, I, may be his father.
Webster
And he said to me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
World English Bible
He said to me, 'Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
Youngs Literal Translation
and saith to me, Solomon thy son, he doth build My house, and My courts, for I have fixed on him to Me for a son, and I -- I am to him for a father,
Themes
Call » To special religious duty » Solomon
Government » Whose throne shall be established
Israel/jews » The lord choosing israel
Interlinear
Banah
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 28:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
David's Charge To Israel
5
And out of all my sons
Phrases
Names
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:13-14
He will build a house for My name,
1 Chronicles 22:9-10
But a son will be born to you; he will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies,
1 Chronicles 17:11-14
When your time comes to be with your fathers, I will raise up after you your descendant, who is one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Chronicles 1:9
Lord God, let Your promise to my father David now come true.
Zechariah 6:12-13
You are to tell him: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Here is a man whose name is Branch;
Hebrews 3:3
For Jesus is considered worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder has more honor than the house.
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ was faithful as a Son over His household. And we are that household if we hold on to the courage and the confidence of our hope.
Hebrews 4:5
Again, in that passage He says, They will never enter My rest.