2 Paralipomenon 2:6
Who then can be able to build him a worthy house? if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him: who am I that I should be able to build him a house? but to this end only, that incense may be burnt before him.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quis ergo poterit prævalere, ut ædificet ei dignam domum ? si cælum, et cæli cælorum, capere eum nequeunt, quantus ego sum, ut possim ædificare ei domum ? sed ad hoc tantum, ut adoleatur incensum coram illo.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ τίς ἰσχύσει οἰκοδομῆσαι αὐτῷ οἶκον; ὅτι ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οὐ φέρουσιν αὐτοῦ τὴν δόξαν· καὶ τίς ἐγὼ οἰκοδομῶν αὐτῷ οἶκον; ὅτι ἀλλ᾽ ἢ τοῦ θυμιᾷν κατέναντι αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from 2 Paralipomenon 2:5
- וּמִ֤י יַעֲצָר כֹּ֨חַ֙ לִבְנֽוֹת ל֣וֹ בַ֔יִת כִּ֧י הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וּשְׁמֵ֥י הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם לֹ֣א יְכַלְכְּלֻ֑הוּ וּמִ֤י אֲנִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶבְנֶה לּ֣וֹ בַ֔יִת כִּ֖י אִם לְהַקְטִ֥יר לְפָנָֽיו
Haydock's commentary
Before him. For this purpose do I design to build. (Menochius)
Temples are more for our use than for God's, as none can be worthy of him. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.