• 1 Kings 5:5
    The Bible in Living English

    • 5 and I am thinking of building a house to the name of my God Jehovah, as Jehovah predicted to my father David ‘Your son whom I will put on your throne as your successor, he shall build the house for my name.’

  • 1 Kings 5:5
    American Standard Version

    • 5 And, behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build the house for my name.

  • 1 Kings 5:5
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 5 Behold me! then purposing to build a house for the Name of Yahweh my God—even as Yahweh spake unto David my father, saying—Thy son, whom I will set in thy stead upon thy throne, he shall build the house for my Name.

  • 1 Kings 5:5
    King James Version

    • 5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.