2-chronicles 6:9
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Notwithstanding you shall not build the house; but your son which shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house for my name.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Notwithstanding you shall not build the house; but your son which shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house for my name.
American Standard Version (ASV)
nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.
Webster's Revision
Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son who shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
World English Bible
nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'
English Revised Version (ERV)
nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
Definitions for 2-chronicles 6:9
Wesley's 2-chronicles 6:9 Bible Commentary
6:9 But thy son, &c. - Thus one sows, and another reaps. And let not the wisest of men, think it any disparagement to pursue the good designs which those that went before them had laid.