King James Version

2 Chronicles 6:2

But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

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וַֽאֲנִ֛יvaaniand mineאֲנִיconjunction, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “and mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.בָּנִ֥יתִיbanitibuildבָּנָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “build”, a completed actionH1129to build (literally and figuratively)(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.בֵיתveytfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…זְבֻ֖לzevuldwell inזְבוּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dwell in”, the ordinary formH2073a residencedwell in, dwelling, habitation.לָ֑ךְlakhetoלָ֑ךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to”toוּמָכ֥וֹןumakhonand placeמָכוֹןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and place”, the ordinary formH4349properly, a fixture, i.e. a basis; generally a place, especially as an abodefoundation, habitation, (dwelling-, settled) place.לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖leshivtekhato dwellיָשַׁבpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to dwell”, the to-form of the verbH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…עוֹלָמִֽיםolamimalwayעוֹלָםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “alway”, the ordinary formH5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) alwaysalway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But I have built Thee a house of habitation, and a place for Thee to dwell in for ever.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

Young’s Literal Translation

and I — I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'

World English Bible

But I have built you a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever.”

Darby Translation

But I have built a house of habitation for thee, even a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

Douay-Rheims

But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But I have built Thee a house of habitation, and a place for Thee to dwell in for ever.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But I have built a house to thy name, holy to thee, and prepared for thee to dwell in for ever.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐγὼ ᾠκοδόμηκα οἶκον τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἅγιόν σοι καὶ ἕτοιμον τοῦ κατασκηνῶσαι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.