2 Chronicles 2:6 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

ASV Byzantine Text

But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

Asang Khongca Bible

Toe mi mah maw anih han im to sah pae thai tih, kasang koek vannawk ih van mataeng doeh anih oh haih hanah acaeh ai! A hmaa ah angbawnhaih hmuen tathlang khue ai ah loe, kai loe kawbaktih kami ah maw ka oh moe, anih han im ka sah pae thai tih?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Tedae a im sak pah ham te u long thadueng a capit eh? Vaan neh vaan phoeikah vaan long pataeng anih te a cangbam uh thai moenih. A mikhmuh ah ka phum uh ham bueng phoeiah tah a im ka sak ham khaw kai he unim?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tedae a im sak pah ham te u long thadueng a capit eh? Vaan neh vaan phoeikah vaan long pataeng anih te a cangbam uh thai moenih. A mikhmuh ah ka phum uh ham bueng phoeiah tah a im ka sak ham khaw kai he unim?

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Owai la hoi e hiki ke kukulu i hale nona? No ka mea, he uuku ia ia ka lani a me ka lani o na lani. Owai la hoi au i kukulu ai au i hale nona? a i mohai aku hoi i ka mohai imua ona?

English Berean Standard Bible

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?

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Lèfini, ki moun ki ka rive bati yon kay vre pou Bondye, si syèl la, atout li gwo a, twò piti pou li? Mwen menm, kisa m' ye pou m' ta bati yon kay pou li? Se annik yon kote pou m' boule lansan pou li m'ap fè.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Quis ergo poterit prævalere, ut ædificet ei dignam domum? si cælum, et cæli cælorum, capere eum nequeunt, quantus ego sum, ut possim ædificare ei domum? sed ad hoc tantum, ut adoleatur incensum coram illo.

Bible in Basic English

But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et maintenant, envoie-moi un homme habile à travailler en or, et en argent, et en airain, et en fer, et en pourpre, et en cramoisi, et en bleu, et qui sache graver , avec les hommes habiles qui sont auprès de moi en Juda et à Jérusalem [et] que David, mon père, a préparés.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Ač kdo jest, ješto by mohl dům jemu vystavěti, poněvadž ho nebe i nebesa nebes obsáhnouti nemohou? Ano i já kdo jsem, abych jemu dům vystavěti měl, než toliko k tomu, aby se kadilo před ním?

Kosraean Bible

Tusruktu wanginna sie mwet ac ku in musaela sie tempul sin God, mweyen finne ke yoklana lun acn inkusrao, tia ku in nwanulak. Ma sefanna nga ku in oru pa in orala sie acn in orek kisa nu sin God.

World Portuguese Bible

Mas quem é capaz de construir-lhe uma casa, já que os céus e os céus dos céus não podem contê-lo? Quem sou eu, então, para que lhe construa uma casa, a não ser apenas para queimar incenso diante dele?

Romanian BTF Bible

Dar cine este în stare să îi construiască o casă, văzând că cerul și cerul cerurilor nu pot să îl cuprindă? cine sunt eu atunci să îi construiesc o casă, în afară doar de a arde sacrificiu înaintea lui?

Brenton English Septuagint

And now send me a man wise and skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in blue, and one that knows how to grave together with the craftsmen who are with me in Juda and in Jerusalem, which materials my father David prepared.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သို့ရာတွင်အပြောကျယ်စွာသောကောင်းကင် ပင်လျှင်ကိုယ်တော်၏အတွက်ကျဉ်းမြောင်း သည်ဖြစ်၍ အမှန်စင်စစ်အဘယ်သူမျှ ကိုယ်တော်စံတော်မူရန်ဗိမာန်တော်ကိုတည် ဆောက်နိုင်လိမ့်မည်မဟုတ်ပါ။ သို့ဖြစ်၍ ကျွန်ုပ်သည်ဘုရားသခင်အားနံ့သာပေါင်း ကိုမီးရှို့ပူဇော်ရန်အတွက်သာဗိမာန် တော်ကိုတည်ဆောက်ပါမည်။-

Darby Translation

But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? And who am I that I should build him a house, except to burn sacrifice before him?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Aber wer vermöchte ihm ein Haus zu bauen? Denn die Himmel und der Himmel Himmel können ihn nicht fassen. Und wer bin ich, daß ich ihm ein Haus bauen sollte, es sei denn, um vor ihm zu räuchern?

Dutch Bible 1917

Doch wie zou de kracht hebben, om voor Hem een huis te bouwen, dewijl de hemelen, ja, de hemel der hemelen, Hem niet bevatten zouden? En wie ben ik, dat ik voor Hem een huis zou bouwen, ten ware om reukwerk voor Zijn aangezicht aan te steken?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Wie is eigenlijk in staat, een huis voor Hem te bouwen, wanneer de hemel, ja de hemel der hemelen Hem nog niet kan bevatten? Hoe zou ik Hem dus een tempel bouwen, tenzij om daar voor Hem te offeren?

Italian Diodati Bible

E chi avrebbe il potere di edificargli una Casa? conciossiachè i cieli, e i cieli de' cieli, non lo possano comprendere ? e chi son io, che io gli edifichi una Casa, se non che sia per far profumi davanti a lui?

Douay-Rheims 1899

Who then can be able to build him a worthy house? if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him: who am I that I should be able to build him a house? but to this end only, that incense may be burnt before him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Who is he then that can be able to buylde him an house, when the heauen, and the heauen of heauens can not conteine him? who am I then that I should buylde him an house? but I do it to burne incense before him.

Danish Bible 1931

Hvem magter at bygge ham et Hus, når dog Himmelen og Himlenes Himle ikke kan rumme ham? Og hvem er jeg, at jeg skulde bygge ham et Hus, når det ikke var for at tænde Offerild for hans Åsyn!

Leeser Tanakh

(2:5) But who possesseth the power to build him a house? for the heavens and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him: and who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

(2-5) But who is able to build Him a house, seeing the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? who am I then, that I should build Him a house, save only to offer before Him?

King James Version

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?

King James Version + Apocrypha

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?

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Chớ thì ai có sức xây cất cho Chúa một cái đền; vì trời và đến đỗi trời của các từng trời còn chẳng chứa Ngài được thay! Vậy tôi là ai, mà cất được một cái đền cho Chúa? Cất nó chẳng qua là để xông hương tại trước mặt Ngài đó thôi.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

Revised West Version

Ka ko hai ʻoku faʻa langa ha fale kiate ia, kae vakai ʻoku ʻikai faʻa hao ia ʻi he langi pe ʻi he loto langi lahi ʻaupito? Pea ko ia, ko hai au, ke u langa ha fale moʻona, ka koeʻuhi pe ke tutu ʻae feilaulau ʻi hono ʻao?

French Ostervald Bible

Mais qui aurait le pouvoir de lui bâtir une maison, puisque les cieux et les cieux des cieux ne sauraient le contenir? Et qui suis-je pour lui bâtir une maison, si ce n'est pour faire fumer des parfums devant sa face?

Esperanto Bible

Kiu havus sufiĉe da fortoj, por konstrui al Li domon? la ĉielo kaj la ĉielo de ĉieloj ne povas ja Lin ampleksi. Kaj kiu mi estas, ke mi konstruu al Li domon, kiu servus por io alia, ol por nura incensado antaŭ Li?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Mais qui a le pouvoir de lui bâtir une maison, puisque les cieux et les cieux des cieux ne peuvent le contenir? Et qui suis-je pour lui bâtir une maison, si ce n’est pour faire brûler des parfums devant lui?

German Luther Bible 1912

Aber wer vermag's, daß er ihm ein Haus baue? denn der Himmel und aller Himmel Himmel können ihn nicht fassen. Wer sollte ich denn sein, daß ich ihm ein Haus baute? es sei denn um vor ihm zu räuchern.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And who will be able to build him a house? for the heaven and heaven of heavens do not bear his glory: and who am I, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

British English Septuagint 2012

And who will be able to build him a house? for the heaven and heaven of heavens do not bear his glory: and who am I, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

Majority Standard BIble

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?

Webster Bible

But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then that I should build him a house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

Revised Version

But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn incense before him?

Italian Riveduta Bible

Ma chi sarà da tanto da edificargli una casa, se i cieli e i cieli de’ cieli non lo posson contenere? E chi son io per edificargli una casa, se non sia tutt’al più per bruciarvi de’ profumi dinanzi a lui?

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Mais qui est capable de lui bâtir une maison, puisque les cieux et les cieux des cieux ne peuvent le contenir ? Et qui suis-je, pour lui bâtir une maison, sinon pour y brûler de l’encens devant lui ?

Reina Valera 1909

Mas ¿quién será tan poderoso que le edifique casa? Los cielos y los cielos de los cielos no le pueden comprender; ¿quién pues soy yo, que le edifique casa, sino para quemar perfumes delante de él?

Spanish BLL

Pero, en realidad, ¿quién es capaz de construirle un templo, si ni siquiera los cielos más altos pueden contenerlo? ¿Y quién soy yo para construirle un templo, si no es solo para quemar incienso ante él?

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Pero, ¿quién es capaz de edificarle una casa, ya que los cielos y el cielo de los cielos no pueden contenerlo? ¿Quién soy yo, pues, para edificarle una casa, sino solo para quemar incienso ante él?

Croatian Bible

Pošalji mi čovjeka vična obradi zlata, srebra, tuča, željeza, grimiza, karmezina i ljubičastog baršuna, i vična umjetnosti rezbarstva: radit će s rukotvorcima kod mene u Judi i u Jeruzalemu, s onima što mi ih ostavi moj otac David.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A ko bi mogao Njemu sazidati dom kad Ga nebo i nebesa nad nebesima ne mogu obuhvatiti? I ko sam ja da mu sazidam dom? Nego samo da se kadi pred Njim.

German Textbibel

So sende mir nun einen Mann, der geschickt ist, in Gold, Silber, Erz, Eisen, rotem Purpur, karmesinfarbigem Zeug und blauem Purpur zu arbeiten, und der sich auf das Eingravieren von Bildwerk versteht, im Verein mit den Künstlern, die mir in Juda und Jerusalem zur Verfügung stehen, die mein Vater David beschafft hat.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And now send me a man wise and skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in blue, and one that knows how to grave together with the craftsmen who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, which materials my father David prepared.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וְעַתָּ֡ה שְֽׁלַֽח־לִ֣י אִישׁ־חָכָ֡ם לַעֲשׂוֹת֩ בַּזָּהָ֨ב וּבַכֶּ֜סֶף וּבַנְּחֹ֣שֶׁת וּבַבַּרְזֶ֗ל וּבָֽאַרְגְּוָן֙ וְכַרְמִ֣יל וּתְכֵ֔לֶת וְיֹדֵ֖עַ לְפַתֵּ֣חַ פִּתּוּחִ֑ים עִם־הַֽחֲכָמִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר עִמִּי֙ בִּֽיהוּדָ֣ה וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵכִ֖ין דָּוִ֥יד אָבִֽי׃