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 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
6 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?
7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
What Does 1 Chronicles 17:6 Mean?
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