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# But will God actually live on the earth?

Possible meanings of this question are 1) Solomon is asking a real question and expecting an answer or 2) the question is rhetorical and Solomon is emphasizing that God is too big and mighty to live on earth. Alternate translation: "But it surely cannot be that God will actually live on the earth!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])

# But will God

Here Solomon speaks about God in the third person. It can be stated in the second person. Alternate translation: "But will you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person]])

# Look

"What I am about to say is important" or "The truth is that"

# you—how much less can this temple that I have built

"you, so this temple that I have built certainly cannot contain you"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# But will God actually live on the earth?`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Possible meanings of this question are 1) Solomon is asking a real question and expecting an answer or 2) the question is rhetorical and Solomon is emphasizing that God is too big and mighty to live on earth. Alternate translation: "But it surely cannot be that God will actually live on the earth!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# But will God`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here Solomon speaks about God in the third person. It can be stated in the second person. Alternate translation: "But will you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Look`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"What I am about to say is important" or "The truth is that"`

			`# you—how much less can this temple that I have built`

			`"you, so this temple that I have built certainly cannot contain you"`