“The house which I am building will be great; for our God is greater than all gods.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
- BSB The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
- NKJV And the temple which I build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
- NASB The house which I am about to build will be great, for our God is greater than all the gods.
- NLT “This must be a magnificent Temple because our God is greater than all other gods.
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- 1 Chr 16:25For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods.
- Exod 15:11Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Ps 135:5For I know that Yahweh is great, that our Lord is above all gods.
- 1 Chr 29:1David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God.
- Jer 10:6There is no one like you, Yahweh. you are great, and your name is great in might.
- 1 Tim 6:15which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
- Ps 86:8–9There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.
- 2 Chr 2:9even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
- Ps 145:3Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.
- 1 Kgs 9:8Though this house is so high, yet everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss; and they will say, ‘Why has Yahweh done this to this land, and to this house?’
- Ezek 7:20As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things therein. Therefore I have made it to them as an unclean thing.
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