1 Chronicles 22:16

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!

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.

Bible in Basic English
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.

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."

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 called for Solomon his son, - and charged him, to build a house, for Yahweh, God of Israel. ⁷ And David said to Solomon his son, - As for me, it was, near my heart, to build a house for the Name of Yahweh my God; ⁸ but the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying, Blood in abundance, hast thou shed, and, great wars, hast thou made, - thou shalt not build a house for my Name, because, much blood, hast thou shed upon the earth, before me. ⁹ Lo! a son, born to thee, He, shall be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies, round about, - for, Solomon, shall be his Name, and, peace and quietness, will I bestow upon Israel, in his days; ¹⁰ He, shall build a house for my Name, and, he, shall be my son, and, I, will be his father, - therefore will I establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel, unto times age-abiding: ¹¹ Now, my son, Yahweh be with thee, - so shalt thou be prosperous, and shalt build the house of Yahweh thy God, according as he hath spoken concerning thee. ¹² Only Yahweh give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge over Israel, - so that thou take heed unto the law of Yahweh thy God. ¹³ Then, shalt thou prosper, if thou take heed to do the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh commanded Moses, concerning Israel, - be strong and bold, thou mayst not be in fear, nor be dismayed. ¹⁴ Lo! then, in my humiliation, have I prepared for the house of Yahweh, of gold a hundred thousand talents, and of silver a thousand thousand talents, and, as for bronze and iron, without weight, for, an abundance, hath it become, - timber also and stone, have I prepared, and, thereunto, thou canst add. ¹⁵ And, with thee, in abundance, are workmen, hewers and carvers of stone and wood, - and every sort of wise man, in all manner 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
That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;

Genesis 22:13
And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! a ram, behind, caught in a thicket by his horns, and Abraham went, and took the ram, and caused him to ascend as an ascending-sacrifice instead of his son.

Genesis 22:14
So Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh, - as to which it is still said to-day, In the mountain of Yahweh, will provision be made.

Psalms 105:9
Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac;

Isaiah 45:23
By myself, have I sworn, Gone forth out of my mouth, is righteousness as a decree And shall not turn back, - That, unto myself, Shall bow every knee, Shall swear every tongue:

Jeremiah 49:13
or by myself, have I sworn, Declareth Yahweh, That, Bozrah shall become, an astonishment: a reproach and a desolation, and a contempt, - And all her cities shall become age-abiding desolations.

Jeremiah 51:14
Yahweh of hosts hath sworn, by his own soul: Surely I have filled thee with men as with locusts, And they have answered against thee with a shout.

Amos 6:8
Sworn hath the Lord, Yahweh, by his own life, Declareth Yahweh, God of hosts, abhorring am I, the grandeur of Jacob, and, his palaces, I hate, - therefore will I cast off the city and the fulness thereof.

Luke 1:73
The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father, To grant us,

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.''