1 Chronicles 17:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?”

1 Chronicles 17:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Chronicles 17:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Chronicles 17:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, ‘Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’”’”

1 Chronicles 17:6 — World English Bible

1 Chronicles 17:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?”

1 Chronicles 17:6 — American Standard Version

1 Chronicles 17:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“whithersoever I have walked up and down among all Israel, a word spake I, with one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed My people, saying, Why have ye not built for Me a house of cedars?”

1 Chronicles 17:6 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Chronicles 17:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“In all my going about with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why build ye me not a house of cedars?”

1 Chronicles 17:6 — Darby Translation

1 Chronicles 17:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Wheresoeuer I haue walked with all Israel spake I one word to any of the iudges of Israel (whome I commanded to feede my people) saying, Why haue ye not built mee an house of cedar trees?”

1 Chronicles 17:6 — Geneva Bible

1 Chronicles 17:6 in Context — 1 Chronicles 17

4 Va dire à mon serviteur David: Ainsi parle l’Éternel: Ce ne sera pas toi qui me bâtiras une maison pour que j’en fasse ma demeure.

5 Car je n’ai point habité dans une maison depuis le jour où j’ai fait monter Israël jusqu’à ce jour; mais j’ai été de tente en tente et de demeure en demeure.

6 Partout où j’ai marché avec tout Israël, ai-je dit un mot à quelqu’un des juges d’Israël à qui j’avais ordonné de paître mon peuple, ai-je dit: Pourquoi ne me bâtissez-vous pas une maison de cèdre?

7 Maintenant tu diras à mon serviteur David: Ainsi parle l’Éternel des armées: Je t’ai pris au pâturage, derrière les brebis, pour que tu fusses chef de mon peuple d’Israël;

8 j’ai été avec toi partout où tu as marché, j’ai exterminé tous tes ennemis devant toi, et j’ai rendu ton nom semblable au nom des grands qui sont sur la terre;

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What Does 1 Chronicles 17:6 Mean?

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