Catholic Public Domain Version
"But you shall not build the house. Truly, your son, who will go forth from your loins, shall build a house to my name.’ "
— 2 Chronicles 6:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. ”
“nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'”
“But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’”
“But thou shalt not build the house, but thy son, who shall come out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.”
“But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.”
“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.”
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.”
Then he stood before the altar of the Lord, facing the entire multitude of Israel, and he extended his hands.