Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he lives shrouded in darkness.
New American Standard Bible
“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
King James Version
Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Holman Bible
Then Solomon said:
A Conservative Version
Then Solomon spoke, LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
American Standard Version
Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Amplified
Then Solomon said,
Bible in Basic English
Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men,
Darby Translation
Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Julia Smith Translation
Then said Solomon, Jehovah said to dwell in thick clouds.
King James 2000
Then said Solomon, The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has decided to dwell in the deep gloom.
Modern King James verseion
And Solomon said, Jehovah has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then Solomon said, "The LORD hath spoken it, how that he will dwell in darkness.
NET Bible
Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.
New Heart English Bible
Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick cloud.
The Emphasized Bible
Then, said Solomon, - Yahweh, said, that he would make his habitation in thick gloom;
Webster
Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
World English Bible
Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Youngs Literal Translation
Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah said -- to dwell in thick darkness,
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 6:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Blesses The People
1 Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he lives shrouded in darkness. 2 Now I have constructed a magnificent temple dedicated to you that will serve as a place for you to inhabit forever."
Cross References
Exodus 20:21
Then the people stood at a distance, and Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.
1 Kings 8:12-50
Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he lives shrouded in darkness.
Hebrews 12:18
You have not come to something that can be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, to gloom,
Exodus 24:15-18
When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it.
Leviticus 16:2
The LORD told Moses, "Remind your brother Aaron that at no time is he to enter the sacred place from the room that contains the curtain into the presence of the Mercy Seat on top of the ark. Otherwise, he'll die, because I will appear in a cloud at the Mercy Seat.
Deuteronomy 4:11
"When you approached and stood at the foot of the mountain a mountain that was blazing with fire at its core while the sky was covered with thick, dark clouds
Psalm 18:8-11
In his anger smoke poured out of his nostrils, and consuming fire from his mouth; coals were lit from it.
Psalm 97:2
Thick clouds are all around him; righteousness and justice are his throne's foundation.
Nahum 1:3
The LORD is slow to anger and powerful, and he will never let the guilty go unpunished. The LORD's path is in the windstorm and hurricane; thunderclouds are dust beneath his feet.