2 Chronicles 6:8 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Chronicles 6:8 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
דָּוִ֣יד
Dâvid
H1732
David
אָבִ֔י
ʼâb
H1
father
יַ֗עַן
yaʻan
H3282
because
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הָיָה֙
hâyâh
H1961
to be
עִם
ʻim
H5973
with
לְבָ֣בְךָ֔
lêbâb
H3824
heart
לִבְנ֥וֹת
bânâh
H1129
to build
בַּ֖יִת
bayith
H1004
house
לִשְׁמִ֑י
shêm
H8034
name
הֱֽטִיב֔וֹתָ
ṭôwb
H2895
to be good
כִּ֥י
kîy
H3588
that
הָיָ֖ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
עִם
ʻim
H5973
with
לְבָבֶֽךָ
lêbâb
H3824
heart
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
But Yahweh said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:
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King James Version Public Domain
But 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:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Yahweh said to David my father, ‘On account of what is with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was with your heart.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).