2 Chronicles 6

KJVThen said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

GIGAKJVThen Solomon said, The Lord has said that he would live in the thick darkness.

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

GIGAKJVBut I have built you a great house, a place for you to live forever.

KJVAnd he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,

GIGAKJVAnd he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has with his hands fulfilled that which he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying,

KJVSince the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

GIGAKJVSince the day that I brought out my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there. Neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

KJVBut I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

GIGAKJVBut I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there. Have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

KJVNow it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

GIGAKJVNow it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

KJVBut 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:

GIGAKJVBut the Lord said to David my father, Since it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well in that it was in your heart:

KJVNotwithstanding 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.

GIGAKJVBut you shall not build the house. But your son who shall be born to you, he shall build the house for my name.

KJVThe Lord therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

GIGAKJVThe Lord therefore has performed his word that he has spoken. For I have risen up in the place of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

KJVAnd in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, that he made with the children of Israel.

GIGAKJVAnd in it have I put the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord, that he made with the children of Israel.

KJVAnd he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

GIGAKJVAnd he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands:

KJVFor Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.

GIGAKJVFor Solomon had made a bronze scaffold of 7½ feet long, and 7½ feet wide, and 4½ feet high, and had set it in the middle of the court: and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.

KJVAnd said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:

GIGAKJVAnd said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like you in the heaven, or in the earth. Which keep covenant, and show mercy to your servants, that walk before you with all their hearts:

KJVThou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

GIGAKJVYou which have kept with your servant David my father that which you have promised him. Spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.

KJVNow therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

GIGAKJVNow therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel. Yet so that your children are careful how they live to walk in my law, as you have walked before me.

KJVNow then, O Lord God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.

GIGAKJVNow then, O Lord God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you have spoken to your servant David.

KJVBut 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!

GIGAKJVBut will God in very deed live with men on the earth? Heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you. How much less this house which I have built!

KJVHave respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

GIGAKJVHave respect therefore to the prayer of your servant, and to his pleading, O Lord my God, to listen to the cry and the prayer which your servant prays before you:

KJVThat thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

GIGAKJVThat your eyes may be open on this house day and night, on the place of which you have said that you would put your name there. To listen to the prayer which your servant prays toward this place.

KJVHearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

GIGAKJVListen therefore to the prayers for mercy of your servant, and of your people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear from your home, even from heaven. When you hear, forgive.

KJVIf a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

GIGAKJVIf a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to make him swear, and the oath come before your altar in this house.

KJVThen hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

GIGAKJVThen hear you from heaven, and do, and judge your servants, by paying back the wicked, bringing what he has done on his own head, and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

KJVAnd if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;

GIGAKJVAnd if your people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against you. Shall return and confess your name, and pray and plead before you in this house.

KJVThen hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.

GIGAKJVThen hear you from the heavens, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.

KJVWhen the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

GIGAKJVWhen the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you. Yet if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do make them suffer.

KJVThen hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

GIGAKJVThen hear you from heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you have taught them the good way, in which they should walk. Send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

KJVIf there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:

GIGAKJVIf there is famine in the land, if there is plague, if there is blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars, if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land. Whatever sore or whatever sickness there be:

KJVThen what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:

GIGAKJVThen whatever prayer or plea shall be made of any man, or of all your people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread out his hands in this house:

KJVThen hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

GIGAKJVThen hear you from heaven your home, and forgive, and repay every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know. For you only know the hearts of the children of men.

KJVThat they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

GIGAKJVThat they may fear you, to walk in your ways, so long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.

KJVMoreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;

GIGAKJVAlso concerning the foreigner, which is not of your people Israel, but has come from a far country for your great name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your stretched out arm. If they come and pray in this house.

KJVThen hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

GIGAKJVThen hear you from the heavens, even from your home, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for. That all people of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

KJVIf thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

GIGAKJVIf your people go out to war against their enemies by the way that you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name.

KJVThen hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

GIGAKJVThen hear you from the heavens their prayer and their pleading, and maintain their cause.

KJVIf they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;

GIGAKJVIf they sin against you, For there is no man which does not sin. And you be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives to a land far off or near.

KJVYet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;

GIGAKJVYet if they come to their senses in the land where they are carried captive, and turn and pray to you in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done wrong, and have dealt wickedly.

KJVIf they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

GIGAKJVIf they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, and toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name:

KJVThen hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

GIGAKJVThen hear you from the heavens, even from your home, their prayer and their prayers for mercy, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people which have sinned against you.

KJVNow, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

GIGAKJVNow, my God, let, I urge you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

KJVNow therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

GIGAKJVNow therefore arise, O Lord God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.

KJVO Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

GIGAKJVO Lord God, do not turn away the face of your anointed: remember the mercies of David your servant.