2 Chronicles 6:18
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But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
In other translations
But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588הַאֻמְנָםha'umnam¿ reallyH552יֵשֵׁבyeshevwill he dwellH3427אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430אֶת־'et-withH854הָאָדָםha'adam<the> humankindH120עַל־'al-onH5921הָאָרֶץha'aretz<the> earthH776הִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009שָׁמַיִםshamayimheavenH8064וּשְׁמֵיushemeiand [the] heavens ofH8064הַשָּׁמַיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064לֹאlo'notH3808יְכַלְכְּלוּךָyekhalkelukhathey will contain youH3557אַף'afindeed?H637כִּי־ki-forH3588הַבַּיִתhabayitthe houseH1004הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834בָּנִיתִי׃banitiI have builtH1129
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