2 Chronicles 7:16

For now I have chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart will be there perpetually.

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WEBBE

For now I have chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart will be there perpetually.

BSB

For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

KJV

For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

ASV

For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

BBE

For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

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וְעַתָּה ve·'a·tah and now H6258 בָּחַרְתִּי ba·char·ti I have chosen H977 וְהִקְדַּשְׁתִּי ve·hik·dash·ti and I have consecrated H6942 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַבַּיִת ha·ba·yit the house H1004 הַזֶּה ha·zeh (the) this H2088 לִהְיוֹת־ lih·yot- to be H1961 שְׁמִי she·mi name my H8034 שָׁם sham there H8033 עַד־ 'ad- until H5704 עוֹלָם o·lam perpetuity H5769 וְהָיוּ ve·ha·yu and they will be H1961 עֵינַי 'ei·nai eyes my H5869 וְלִבִּי ve·li·bi and heart my H3820 שָׁם sham there H8033 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 הַיָּמִים hai·ya·mim the days H3117

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1 Kings 9:3

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.