2 Chronicles 6:9

Modern

Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’

Traditional

Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

Literal

Nevertheless, you shall not build the temple; but your son who will come from your loins, he shall build the house for My Name.’

Latin

…sed non tu ædificabis domum: verum filius tuus, qui egredietur de lumbis tuis, ipse ædificabit domum nomini meo.

Hebrew

English

Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’

Theme notes and profiles

1 Chronicles 17:4
“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
2 Samuel 7:12–13
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
1 Chronicles 17:11–12
And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.