Catholic Public Domain Version
"the Lord said to him: ‘In so far as it was your will that you build a house to my name, certainly you have done well in having such a will. "
— 2 Chronicles 6:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:”
“But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart: ”
“But Yahweh said to David my father, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:”
“The LORD told my father David,‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.”
“The Lord said to him: Forasmuch as it was thy will to build a house to my name, thou hast done well indeed in having such a will:”
“But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:”
“But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:”
‘From the day when I led my people away from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city from all the tribes of Israel, so that a house would be built in it to my name. And I did not choose any other man, so that he would be the ruler of my people Israel.
But I chose Jerusalem, so that my name would be in it. And I chose David, so that I might appoint him over my people Israel.’
And though David, my father, had decided that he would build a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel,
the Lord said to him: ‘In so far as it was your will that you build a house to my name, certainly you have done well in having such a will.
But you shall not build the house. Truly, your son, who will go forth from your loins, shall build a house to my name.’
Therefore, the Lord has accomplished his word, which he had spoken. And I have risen up in place of my father David, and I sit upon the throne of Israel, just as the Lord spoke. And I have built a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
And I have placed in it the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he formed with the sons of Israel.”