Parallel Verses New International Version "But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! King James Bible But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? Darby Bible Translation But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built! World English Bible But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built! Young's Literal Translation But, is it true? -- God dwelleth on the earth! lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens do not contain Thee, how much less this house which I have builded! 1 Kings 8:27 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleBut will God indeed dwell on the earth? - This expression is full of astonishment, veneration, and delight. He is struck with the immensity, dignity, and grandeur of the Divine Being, but especially at his condescension to dwell with men: and though he sees, by his filling the place, that he has come now to make his abode with them, yet he cannot help asking the question, How can such a God dwell in such a place, and with such creatures? Behold, the heaven - The words are all in the plural number in the Hebrew: השמים ושמי השמים hashshamayim, ushemey hashshamayim; "the heavens, and the heavens of heavens." What do these words imply? That there are systems, and systems of systems, each possessing its sun, its primary and secondary planets, all extending beyond each other in unlimited space, in the same regular and graduated order which we find to prevail in what we call our solar system; which probably, in its thousands of millions of miles in diameter, is, to some others, no more than the area of the lunar orbit to that of the Georgium Sidus. When God, his manifold wisdom, his creative energy, and that space which is unlimited, are considered, it is no hyperbole to say that, although the earth has been created nearly six thousand years ago, suns, the centres of systems, may have been created at so immense a distance that their light has not yet reached our earth, though travelling at the rate of one hundred and ninety thousand miles every second, or upwards of a million times swifter than the motion of a cannon ball! This may be said to be inconceivable; but what is even all this to the vast immensity of space! Had God created a system like ours in every six days since the foundation of the world, and kept every seventh as a Sabbath; and though there might have been by this time [A.M. 5823 ineunte, a.d. 1819, ineunte] three hundred and three thousand five hundred and seventy-five mundane systems, they would occupy but a speck in the inconceivable immensity of space. Reader, all this and millions more is demonstrably possible; and if so, what must God be - illud inexprimibile - who i-n-h-a-b-i-t-e-t-h E-t-e-r-n-i-t-y! Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But will John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us, (and we beheld his glory... Acts 7:48,49 However, the most High dwells not in temples made with hands; as said the prophet... the heaven Psalm 113:4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. Psalm 139:7-16 Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence... Library 'The Matter of a Day in Its Day''At all times, as the matter shall require.'--1 KINGS viii. 59. I have ventured to diverge from my usual custom, and take this fragment of a text because, in the forcible language of the original, it carries some very important lessons. The margin of our Bible gives the literal reading of the Hebrew; the sense, but not the vigorous idiom, of which is conveyed in the paraphrase in our version. 'At all times, as the matter shall require,' is, literally, 'the thing of a day in its day'; and that is … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Next Words Are, which Art in Heaven. ... The Whole Heart The Gospel of John Cross References Acts 7:49 "'Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord. Or where will my resting place be? Acts 17:24 "The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. Deuteronomy 10:14 To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it. 2 Chronicles 2:6 But who is able to build a temple for him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain him? Who then am I to build a temple for him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before him? Psalm 68:33 to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens, who thunders with mighty voice. Psalm 139:7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? Psalm 148:4 Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies. Jump to Previous Builded Built Contain Deed Dwell Dwelleth Earth Enough Heaven Heavens Highest House Housed Indeed Less Possible Really Resting-Place True. Truth WideJump to Next Builded Built Contain Deed Dwell Dwelleth Earth Enough Heaven Heavens Highest House Housed Indeed Less Possible Really Resting-Place True. 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