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2 Chronicles 5:14

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 2 Chronicles 5:14 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And the priests were not able to stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of God.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    So that the Priests could not stand to minister, because of the cloude: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    Nor could the priests stand and minister by reason of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and the priests have not been able to stand to minister from the presence of the cloud, for the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house of God.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and the priests have not been able to stand to minister from the presence of the cloud, for the glory of YHWH has filled the house of God.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    The priests could not stand in order to serve because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled his house.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And the priests were not able to stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    and the priests could not stand to do their service because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of God.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the LORD’s glory filled God’s house.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    The priests could not stand up to continue with the service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord had filled the Temple of God.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud; for the house of God was full of the glory of the Lord.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

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הֶעָנָ֑ן
ʻânân
H6051
“the · cloud”
Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Particle + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H6049

TWOT: 1655a

cloud, cloudy, cloud-mass - cloud-mass (of theophanic cloud) - cloud
  1. וְלֹא lôʼ H3808 “and · not” Conjunction + Particle, Negative
  2. יָֽכְל֧וּ yâkôl H3201 “to prevail” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural
  3. הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים kôhên H3548 “the · priests” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  4. לַעֲמ֥וֹד ʻâmad H5975 “to stand” Preposition + Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct
  5. לְשָׁרֵ֖ת shârath H8334 “to minister” Preposition + Verb, Piel, Infinitive Construct
  6. מִפְּנֵ֣י pânîym H6440 “from · face(s) of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct
  7. כִּֽי kîy H3588 “that” Conjunction
  8. מָלֵ֥א mâlêʼ H4390 “to fill” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  9. כְבוֹד kâbôwd H3519 “glory of” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct
  10. יְהוָ֖ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  11. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  12. בֵּ֥ית bayith H1004 “house of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  13. הָאֱלֹהִֽים ʼĕlôhîym H430 “the · God(s)” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute

About this verse

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14
words
14
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Grammatical profile

  • 4 verbs
  • 7 nouns
  • 1 conjunction
  • 2 particles

Verb forms

  • יָֽכְל֧וּ Qal · Perfect
  • לַעֲמ֥וֹד Qal · Infinitive Construct
  • לְשָׁרֵ֖ת Piel · Infinitive Construct
  • מָלֵ֥א Qal · Perfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 24 words from the Hebrew and 23 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 14 Hebrew tokens and 20 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

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Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 5:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Exodus 40:35 Moses wasn't able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh's glory filled the tent.
  • 1 Kings 8:11 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.
  • Isaiah 6:1–4 In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
  • 2 Chronicles 7:2 The priests could not enter into the house of Yahweh, because the glory of Yahweh filled Yahweh's house.
  • Revelation 15:8 The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.
  • Ezekiel 10:4 The glory of Yahweh mounted up from the cherub, [and stood] over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Yahweh's glory.
  • 1 Timothy 6:16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 5:14 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְלֹא יָֽכְל֧וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים לַעֲמ֥וֹד לְשָׁרֵ֖ת מִפְּנֵ֣י הֶעָנָ֑ן כִּֽי מָלֵ֥א כְבוֹד יְהוָ֖ה אֶת בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלֹהִֽים

so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 5:14 Septuagint · lemma form

καί οὐ δύναμαι ὁ ἱερεύς ὁ ἵστημι λειτουργέω ἀπό πρόσωπον ὁ νεφέλη ὅτι ἐνπίμπλημι δόξα κύριος ὁ οἶκος ὁ θεός

And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 5:14 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

2Ch 5:14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.

Ver. 14. So that the priests could not stand.] This showed that that Levitical ministry should cease when the Lord Christ came.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Keil & Delitzsch

C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch

Ch2 5:14, again, agrees with Kg1 8:6, and has been there commented upon.

Keil & Delitzsch — Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (1861–1891) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API. (Old Testament only.)

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 14. The priests could not stand] What a proof of the being of God, and of the Divine presence! What must those holy men have felt at this time!

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(14) House of God.—Kings, “house of the Lord.” See 1Ki_8:11, and 2Ch_7:2, infra.

Stand to minister.—Take their places, or approach to minister (2Ch_6:12). The Syriac adds here, “Ended is the first half of the Chronicles.” Before 2 Chronicles 6 it writes, “The second half of the Book of Chronicles.”

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

14. had filled] R.V. filled.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Cloud. See 3 Kings viii. 10. (Menochius) --- It is called the glory of the Lord, because its appearance was luminous and awful, being a symbol of the divine presence. (Haydock)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

The Pulpit Commentary

The priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud (so Exo_40:34, Exo_40:35)

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Glory of the Lord - And this beautified it more than all the gold with which it was overlaid, or the precious stones with which it was garnished. Yet even that was no glory, in comparison of the glory of the gospel-dispensation.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 14 words (14 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʻânân (“cloud”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word ʻânân carries the sense “cloud.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. Exodus 40:35 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  4. The verb «יָֽכְל֧וּ» is Qal Perfect. How does its form color the action?
  5. Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Keil & Delitzsch read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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