• 1 Chronicles 22:5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 5 And David said: “My son Solʹo·mon is young and inexperienced,*+ and the house to be built for Jehovah is to be exceedingly magnificent,+ so that its fame and beauty+ will be known in all lands.+ Therefore, I will make preparation for him.” So David prepared materials in great quantity before his death.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:5
    The Bible in Living English

    • 5* And David thought “My son Solomon is an immature boy, and the house to be built for Jehovah is to be made surpassingly great for name and fame to all countries: let me make preparations for it”; and David made preparations in great quantities before his death,

  • 1 Chronicles 22:5
    American Standard Version

    • 5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for Jehovah must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:5
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house to be built must be great and lofty and famous and beautiful for all lands,—oh let me then prepare for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:5
    King James Version

    • 5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.