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1 Chronicles 22:16

In gold and silver and brass and iron more than may be numbered. Up! then, and to work; and may the Lord be with you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Gold;   Thompson Chain Reference - Arts and Crafts;   Workers in Metals;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Brass, or Copper;   Iron;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Solomon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Solomon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Masons;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Solomon;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gold;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for March 28;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
in gold, silver, bronze, and iron—beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the Lord be with you.”
Hebrew Names Version
of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and the LORD be with you.
King James Version
Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.
English Standard Version
gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and work! The Lord be with you!"
New Century Version
They are skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron. You have more craftsmen than can be counted. Now begin the work, and may the Lord be with you."
New English Translation
in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Get up and begin the work! May the Lord be with you!"
Amplified Bible
"As for the gold, the silver, the bronze, and the iron, there is no limit. So arise and begin working, and may the LORD be with you."
New American Standard Bible
"Of the gold, silver, bronze, and iron there is no limit. Arise and work, and may the LORD be with you."
World English Bible
of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and Yahweh be with you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of golde, of siluer, and of brasse, and of yron there is no nomber: Vp therefore, and be doing, and the Lord wilbe with thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
Of the gold, the silver and the bronze and the iron there is no number. Arise and work, and may Yahweh be with you."
Berean Standard Bible
in gold and silver, bronze and iron-craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you."
Contemporary English Version
gold, silver, bronze, and iron. You have plenty of workers to do the job. Now get started, and I pray that the Lord will be with you in your work.
Complete Jewish Bible
the gold, silver, bronze and iron — they're beyond number. So get up, and get to work! And may Adonai be with you."
Darby Translation
Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing and Jehovah be with thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
They are skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron. You have more skilled workers than can be counted. Now begin the work. And may the Lord be with you."
George Lamsa Translation
Cunning men for every manner of work; of gold, silver, brass, and iron in abundance. Be strong therefore and be doing, and the LORD will help you.
Good News Translation
with gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Now begin the work, and may the Lord be with you."
Lexham English Bible
with gold, silver, bronze, and iron without number. Arise and work! Yahweh will be with you!"
Literal Translation
No number is to the gold, and to the silver, and to the bronze, and to the iron; rise up and act, for Jehovah is with you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
off golde, syluer, brasse, and yron without nombre. Yet get the vp, and be doynge, and the LORDE shal be with the.
American Standard Version
of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and Jehovah be with thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And of golde, siluer, brasse, & iron, there is no number: Up therefore, and be doing, and the Lorde shalbe with thee.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.'
King James Version (1611)
Of the gold, the siluer, and the brasse, and the yron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
in gold and silver, brass and iron, of which there is no number. Arise and do, and the Lord be with thee.
English Revised Version
of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number; arise and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
most prudent to make werk, in gold, and siluer, and bras, and in yrun, of which is no noumbre; therfor rise thou, and make, and the Lord schal be with thee.
Update Bible Version
of the gold, the silver, and the bronze, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and do it, and Yahweh be with you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, [there is] no number. Arise [therefore], and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
New King James Version
Of gold and silver and bronze and iron there is no limit. Arise and begin working, and the LORD be with you."
New Living Translation
You have expert goldsmiths and silversmiths and workers of bronze and iron. Now begin the work, and may the Lord be with you!"
New Life Bible
Of the gold and silver and brass and iron, there is more than enough. So get ready and work, and may the Lord be with you."
New Revised Standard
gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
for gold and for silver and for bronze and for iron, without number. Arise and do, and Yahweh be with thee!
Douay-Rheims Bible
In gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, whereof there is no number. Arise then, and be doing, and the Lord will be with thee.
Revised Standard Version
gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and be doing! The LORD be with you!"
Young's Literal Translation
To the gold, to the silver, and to the brass, and to the iron, there is no number; arise and do, and Jehovah is with thee.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Of the gold, the silver and the bronze and the iron there is no limit. Arise and work, and may the LORD be with you."

Contextual Overview

6 Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel. 7 And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God. 8 But the word of the Lord came to me saying, You have taken lives without number and made great wars; I will not let you be the builder of a house for my name, because of the lives you have taken on the earth before my eyes. 9 But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet; 10 He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever. 11 Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you. 12 Only may the Lord give you wisdom, and knowledge of his orders for Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God. 13 And all will go well for you, if you take care to keep the laws and the rules which the Lord gave to Moses for Israel: be strong and take heart; have no fear and do not be troubled. 14 Now see, poor though I am, I have got ready for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver; and a weight of brass and iron greater than may be measured; and wood and stone have I made ready, and you may put more to it. 15 And you have a great number of workmen, cutters and workers of stone and wood, and experts in every sort of work,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the gold: 1 Chronicles 22:3, 1 Chronicles 22:14

Arise: Joshua 1:2, Joshua 1:5, Joshua 1:9, Joshua 7:10, Judges 4:14, Judges 18:9, Judges 18:10, 2 Chronicles 20:17, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Ephesians 5:14, Philippians 2:12, Philippians 2:13, Philippians 4:13

and the Lord: 1 Chronicles 22:11, 1 Samuel 17:37, 1 Samuel 20:13

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 8:8 - exceeding 1 Kings 7:47 - found out 1 Chronicles 22:19 - arise 1 Chronicles 28:10 - Take heed now 2 Chronicles 2:7 - whom David 2 Chronicles 19:11 - Deal courageously 2 Chronicles 36:23 - Who is there Ezra 10:4 - Arise Acts 8:26 - Arise

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
Genesis 22:13
And lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took the sheep and made a burned offering of it in place of his son.
Genesis 22:14
And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.
Psalms 105:9
The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
Isaiah 45:23
By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.
Jeremiah 49:13
For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name of shame, a waste and a curse; and all its towns will be waste places for ever.
Jeremiah 51:14
The Lord of armies has taken an oath by himself, saying, Truly, I will make you full with men as with locusts, and their voices will be loud against you.
Amos 6:8
The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.
Luke 1:73
The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron,.... That is, the cunning artificers were skilful to work in each of these, some in gold and silver, others in brass and iron:

there is no number; either of the workmen, or of these materials; which yet must be restrained to the brass and iron, for the gold and silver are numbered, but not the brass and iron, 1 Chronicles 22:14,

arise therefore, and be doing: not that he should set about and begin the building the temple directly; but as soon as he could after he came to the throne, and not neglect and delay it:

and the Lord be with thee; as in 1 Chronicles 22:11 and here, as there, the Targum is,

"may the Word of the Lord be thy help.''


 
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