1 Kings 8:27

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²⁷“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built!^(A)

1 Kings 8:27

New International Version

²⁷“But will God really dwell^(A) on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven,^(B) cannot contain^(C) you. How much less this temple I have built!

²⁷“God does not really live on the earth!^[a] Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

1 Kings 8:27 tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which the translation above seeks to reflect.

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

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