2 Chronicles 6:18

American Standard Version (1901)

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 builded!

ASV Byzantine Text

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!

Asang Khongca Bible

Toe Sithaw loe long kaminawk khaeah om tangtang tih maw? Khenah, vannawk hoi kasang koek vannawk mataeng doeh, nang ohhaih hanah acaeh ai; ka sak ih hae im cae loe kawkruk maw tamcaek!

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Tedae Pathen he diklai dongkah hlang taengah kho a sak tang nim? Vaan neh vaan phoeikah vaan long namah te n'cangbam thai pawt vaengah, he im ka sak long aisat he.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tedae Pathen he diklai dongkah hlang taengah kho a sak tang nim? Vaan neh vaan phoeikah vaan long namah te n'cangbam thai pawt vaengah, he im ka sak long aisat he.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Aka, he mea oiaio anei, e noho ana ke Akua me kanaka ma ka honua? Aia hoi, he uuku ia oe ka lani, a me ka lani o na lani! Pehea hoi keia hale a'u i hana ai!

English Berean Standard Bible

But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Men, Bondye, èske ou ka rete tout bon sou latè ak moun? Ata syèl la pa laj ase pou l' kenbe ou! Ale wè pou ti kay mwen bati pou ou la a!

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Ergone credibile est ut habitet Deus cum hominibus super terram? si cælum et cæli cælorum non te capiunt, quanto magis domus ista quam ædificavi?

Bible in Basic English

But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Mais Dieu habitera-t-il vraiment avec l’homme sur la terre ? Voici, les cieux, et les cieux des cieux, ne peuvent te contenir ; combien moins cette maison que j’ai bâtie !

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

(Ač zdali v pravdě bydliti bude Bůh s člověkem na zemi? Aj, nebesa, nýbrž nebesa nebes neobsahují tě, mnohem méně dům tento, kterýž jsem vystavěl.)

Kosraean Bible

“Tusruktu, ya pwaye kom, God, ac ku in muta inmasrlon mwet faclu? Finne yohk lun kusrao, sufalla kom in muta we, na ac fuka Tempul se nga musaela inge in tuh fal lupa nu sum?

World Portuguese Bible

“Mas será que Deus realmente habitará com os homens na terra? Eis que os céus e os céus dos céus não podem te conter; quanto menos esta casa que eu construí!

Romanian BTF Bible

Dar va locui Dumnezeu într-adevăr cu oamenii pe pământ? Iată, cerul și cerul cerurilor nu te pot cuprinde; cu atât mai puțin această casă pe care am construit-o!

Brenton English Septuagint

For will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and the heaven of heavens will not suffice thee, what then is this house which I have built?

Burmese Common Language Bible

``သို့​ရာ​တွင်​ဘု​ရား​သ​ခင်​သည်​လူ​တို့​နှင့် အ​တူ​ကမ္ဘာ​မြေ​ကြီး​ပေါ်​တွင် အ​ကယ်​ပင်​စံ နေ​တော်​မူ​နိုင်​ပါ​သ​လော။ ကောင်း​ကင်​ဘ​ဝဂ် ပင်​လျှင်​ကိုယ်​တော်​စံ​နေ​တော်​မူ​နိုင်​အောင် မ​ကျယ်​ဝန်း​ပါ​လျှင်​အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​တည်​ဆောက် သည့်​ဗိ​မာန်​တော်​ကား​စံ​နေ​တော်​မူ​နိုင်​ရန် ကျယ်​ဝန်း​မည်​မ​ဟုတ်​ပါ။-

Darby Translation

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

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Aber sollte Gott wirklich bei dem Menschen auf der Erde wohnen? Siehe, die Himmel und der Himmel Himmel können dich nicht fassen; wieviel weniger dieses Haus, das ich gebaut habe!

Dutch Bible 1917

Maar waarlijk, zou God bij de mensen op de aarde wonen? Ziet de hemelen, ja, de hemel der hemelen, zouden U niet begrijpen, hoeveel te min dit huis, dat ik gebouwd heb?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Maar zou God dan werkelijk bij de mensen op aarde wonen? Zie, de hemel, zelfs de hemel der hemelen kan U niet bevatten; hoe dan dit huis, dat ik heb gebouwd!

Italian Diodati Bible

Ma pur veramente abiterà Iddio con gli uomini in su la terra? ecco, i cieli, ed i cieli de' cieli, non ti possono comprendere ; quanto meno questa Casa, la quale io ho edificata?

Douay-Rheims 1899

Is it credible then that God should dwell with men on the earth? If heaven and the heavens of heavens do not contain thee, how much less this house, which I have built?

Geneva Bible 1599

(Is it true in deede that God will dwell with man on earth? beholde, the heauens, and the heauens of heauens are not able to conteine thee: how much more vnable is this house, which I haue buylt?)

Danish Bible 1931

Men kan Gud da virkelig bo blandt Menneskene på Jorden? Nej visselig, Himlene, ja Himlenes Himle kan ikke rumme dig, langt mindre dette Hus, som jeg har bygget!

Leeser Tanakh

For, in truth, will God then dwell with men on the earth? behold, the heavens and the heavens of heavens cannot contain thee: how much less then this house that I have built!

JPS TaNaKH 1917

But will God in very truth dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house which I have builded!

King James Version

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!

King James Version + Apocrypha

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!

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Mà chi! Có thật rằng Đức Chúa Trời ngự chung với loài người ở trên đất ư? Kìa trời, cho đến đỗi trời của các từng trời còn chẳng có thế chứa Chúa được thay, phương chi cái đền nầy tôi đã cất!

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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?

Revised West Version

Ka ʻe nofo moʻoni koā ʻae ʻOtua mo e tangata ʻi he māmani? Vakai, ʻoku ʻikai te ke faʻa hao koe ʻi he langi, mo e langi ʻoe ngaahi langi: kae huanoa eni ʻae fale ʻaia kuo u langa!

French Ostervald Bible

Mais serait-il vrai que Dieu habitât sur la terre avec les hommes? Voici, les cieux, même les cieux des cieux, ne peuvent te contenir, combien moins cette maison que j'ai bâtie?

Esperanto Bible

Ĉu efektive Dio loĝus kun homoj sur la tero? ja la ĉielo kaj la ĉielo de ĉieloj ne povas Vin ampleksi; des pli tion ne povas ĉi tiu domo, kiun mi konstruis!

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Mais quoi! Dieu habiterait-il véritablement avec l’homme sur la terre? Voici, les cieux et les cieux des cieux ne peuvent te contenir: combien moins cette maison que j’ai bâtie!

German Luther Bible 1912

Denn sollte in Wahrheit Gott bei den Menschen wohnen? Siehe, der Himmel und aller Himmel Himmel können dich nicht fassen; wie sollte es denn das Haus tun, das ich gebaut habe?

LXX2012 U. S. English

For will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and the heaven of heavens will not suffice you, what then is this house which I have built?

British English Septuagint 2012

For will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and the heaven of heavens will not suffice you, what then is this house which I have built?

Majority Standard BIble

But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

Webster Bible

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!

Revised Version

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 builded!

Italian Riveduta Bible

Ma è egli proprio vero che Dio abiti cogli uomini sulla terra? Ecco, i cieli e i cieli de’ cieli non ti posson contenere; quanto meno questa casa che io ho costruita!

French Free Holy Bible for the World

« Mais Dieu habiterait-il vraiment avec les hommes sur la terre ? Voici, les cieux et les cieux des cieux ne peuvent te contenir ; combien moins cette maison que j’ai bâtie !

Reina Valera 1909

Mas ¿es verdad que Dios ha de habitar con el hombre en la tierra? He aquí, los cielos y los cielos de los cielos no pueden contenerte: ¿cuánto menos esta casa que he edificado?

Spanish BLL

“Pero, ¿será posible que Dios habite con los seres humanos en la tierra? Si ni siquiera los cielos más altos pueden contenerte, ¡mucho menos este templo que he construido!

Spanish Free Bible for the World

“Pero, ¿es verdad que Dios habitará con los hombres en la tierra? He aquí que los cielos y los cielos de los cielos no pueden contenerte; ¡cuánto menos esta casa que yo he edificado!

Croatian Bible

Ali zar će Bog doista boraviti s ljudima na zemlji? TÓa nebesa ni nebesa nad nebesima ne mogu ga obuhvatiti, a kamoli ovaj Dom što sam ga sagradio!

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Ali, hoće li doista Bog stanovati na zemlji? Eto, nebo, i nebesa nad nebesima ne mogu Te obuhvatiti, a kamoli ovaj dom što ga sazidah.

German Textbibel

Sollte in Wahrheit Gott bei den Menschen auf Erden wohnen? Siehe, der Himmel und die höchsten Himmel können dich nicht fassen, geschweige denn dieser Tempel, den ich gebaut habe.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

For will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and the heaven of heavens will not suffice thee, what then is this house which I have built?

Hebrew OT (WLC)

כִּ֚י הַֽאֻמְנָ֔ם יֵשֵׁ֧ב אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָאָדָ֖ם עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ הִ֠נֵּה שָׁמַ֜יִם וּשְׁמֵ֤י הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ לֹ֣א יְכַלְכְּל֔וּךָ אַ֕ף כִּֽי־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנִֽיתִי׃

World English Bible

“But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

World English Bible (Catholic)

“But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

World English Bible British Edition

“But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

“But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

World English Bible Classic

“But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

World English Bible Updated

“But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

World Messianic Bible

“But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

World Messianic Bible British Edition

“But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

Young's Literal Translation

(for is it true? — God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?)

SEPTUAGINTA

ὅτι εἰ ἀληθῶς κατοικήσει Θεὸς μετὰ ἀνθρώπων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς; εἰ ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οὐκ ἀρκέσουσί σοι, καὶ τίς ὁ οἶκος οὗτος, ὃν ᾠκοδόμησα;

Brenton Septuagint

Ὅτι εἰ ἀληθῶς κατοικήσει Θεὸς μετὰ ἀνθρώπων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς; εἰ ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οὐκ ἀρκέσουσί σοι, καὶ τίς ὁ οἶκος οὗτος ὃν ᾠκοδόμησα;

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Дар че, сэ локуяскэ Думнезеу ку адевэрат ымпреунэ ку омул пе пэмынт? Ятэ кэ черуриле ши черуриле черурилор ну Те пот купринде, ку кыт май пуцин ачастэ касэ пе каре ам зидит-о еу!

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Та чи ж справдї Богові жити з людьми на землї? Коли небо й небо небес не помістять тебе, то тим менше сей храм, що я збудував.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Та чи ж справдї Богові жити з людьми на землї? Коли небо й небо небес не помістять тебе, то тим менше сей храм, що я збудував.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Али, хоће ли доиста Бог становати на земљи? Ето, небо, и небеса над небесима не могу Те обухватити, а камоли овај дом што га сазидах.

Russian Synodal Bible

Поистине, Богу ли жить с человеками на земле? Если небо и небеса небес не вмещают Тебя, тем менее храм сей, который построил я.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

כִּ֚י הַֽאֻמְנָ֔ם יֵשֵׁ֧ב אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָאָדָ֖ם עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ הִ֠נֵּה שָׁמַ֜יִם וּשְׁמֵ֤י הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ לֹ֣א יְכַלְכְּל֔וּךָ אַ֕ף כִּֽי־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנִֽיתִי׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

כי האמנם ישב אלהים את האדם על הארץ הנה שמים ושמי השמים לא יכלכלוך אף כי הבית הזה אשר בניתי׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

لِأَنَّهُ هَلْ يَسْكُنُ ٱللهُ حَقًّا مَعَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ هُوَذَا ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ وَسَمَاءُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تَسَعُكَ، فَكَمْ بِٱلْأَقَلِّ هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتُ ٱلَّذِي بَنَيْتُ!

Old Persion Version Bible

«اما آیا خدا فی الحقیقه در میان آدمیان برزمین ساکن خواهد شد؟ اینک فلک و فلک الافلاک تو را گنجایش ندارد تا چه رسد به این خانه‌ای که بنا کردم.

Judson Burmese Bible

သို့ရာတွင် ဘုရားသခင် သည် မြေကြီး ပေါ် မှာ လူ တို့တွင် ဧကန် အမှန်ကျိန်းဝပ် တော်မူမည်လော။ကောင်းကင် နှင့် ကောင်းကင် တကာတို့၏အထွဋ်၊ အမြင့်ဆုံး သော ကောင်းကင်သည်ကိုယ်တော် ကို မ ဆံ့ မခံနိုင်သည်ဖြစ်၍၊ အကျွန်ုပ်တည်ဆောက် သော ဤ အိမ် ကို အဘယ် ဆိုဘွယ်ရာရှိပါသနည်း။

Korean Bible 1910

하나님이 참으로 사람과 함께 땅에 거하시리이까 하늘과 하늘들의 하늘이라도 주를 용납지 못하겠거든 하물며 내가 건축한 이 전이오리이까

Japanese Freedom Bible

しかし、神は本当に地上で人とともに住まわれるのでしょうか。見よ。天も、天の天もあなたを収めることはできません。まして、わたしが建てたこの家はなおさらです。

World Chinese Bible

“然而，上帝真的会与人在地上同住吗？看哪，天和天上的天尚且容不下你，何况我所建造的这殿呢？

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

「 神果真与世人同住在地上吗？看哪，天和天上的天尚且不足你居住的，何况我所建的这殿呢？

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

「上帝果真與世人同住在地上嗎？看哪，天和天上的天尚且不足你居住的，何況我所建的這殿呢？

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Mas é verdade que Deus habitará com o homem na terra? Eis aqui, os céus e os céus dos céus não podem conter-te: quanto menos esta casa que edifiquei?

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Mashi Bible

Ci kwônene ka kwo binali, Nyamubâho anayûbaka haguma n’omuntu hanôla igulu? Lolà oku empingu, n’empingu y’amalunga birhankahasha okukuyûbarhira wêshi: lêro lyôhe, kurhigi kuli eyîra nyumpa nayûbakaga!

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Sollte aber Gott wahrhaftig bei den Menschen auf Erden wohnen? Siehe, der Himmel und aller Himmel Himmel können dich nicht fassen; wie sollte es denn dieses Haus tun, das ich gebaut habe?

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

¿Pero es verdaderamente posible que Dios pueda ser alojado con hombres en la tierra? Mira, el cielo y el cielo de los cielos no son lo suficientemente anchos como para ser tu lugar de descanso: cuánto menos esta casa que he hecho.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Pero, ¿en verdad ʼElohim morará con el hombre en la tierra? Ciertamente el cielo y el más alto cielo no te pueden contener, ¡cuánto menos esta Casa que edifiqué!

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

But will Elohim really dwell with HaAdam on ha'aretz? Hinei, Shomayim and the Shmei HaShomayim cannot contain Thee; how much less this Beis which I built!

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