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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
1 Kings 6:18
And, the cedar for the house within, was carved with colocynths, and with festoons of flowers, - the whole, was cedar, there was no stone to be seen.
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Christian Standard Bible®
The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with ornamental gourds and flower blossoms. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with ornamental gourds and flower blossoms. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
Hebrew Names Version
There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
King James Version
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
English Standard Version
The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was seen.
The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was seen.
New Century Version
Everything inside the Temple was covered with cedar, which was carved with pictures of flowers and plants. A person could not see the stones of the wall, only the cedar.
Everything inside the Temple was covered with cedar, which was carved with pictures of flowers and plants. A person could not see the stones of the wall, only the cedar.
New English Translation
The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible.
The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible.
Amplified Bible
The cedar on the house within had wood carvings in the shape of gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; no stone was visible.
The cedar on the house within had wood carvings in the shape of gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; no stone was visible.
New American Standard Bible
There was cedar inside the house, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; everything was cedar, there was no stone visible.
There was cedar inside the house, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; everything was cedar, there was no stone visible.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the cedar of the house within was carued with knops, and grauen with floures: all was cedar, so that no stone was seene.
And the cedar of the house within was carued with knops, and grauen with floures: all was cedar, so that no stone was seene.
Legacy Standard Bible
And there was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen.
And there was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen.
Contemporary English Version
The inside walls were lined with cedar to hide the stones, and the cedar was decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers.
The inside walls were lined with cedar to hide the stones, and the cedar was decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers.
Complete Jewish Bible
The cedar covering the house was carved with gourds and open flowers; all was cedar; no stone was visible.
The cedar covering the house was carved with gourds and open flowers; all was cedar; no stone was visible.
Darby Translation
And the cedar of the house within was carved with colocynths and half-open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
And the cedar of the house within was carved with colocynths and half-open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
Easy-to-Read Version
They covered the walls in this room with cedar boards—none of the stones in the walls could be seen. They carved pictures of flowers and gourds into the cedar.
They covered the walls in this room with cedar boards—none of the stones in the walls could be seen. They carved pictures of flowers and gourds into the cedar.
George Lamsa Translation
And the house was covered within with cedar, which was carved with buds and open flowers; all was cedar; there was no stone seen in it.
And the house was covered within with cedar, which was carved with buds and open flowers; all was cedar; there was no stone seen in it.
Good News Translation
The cedar panels were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers; the whole interior was covered with cedar, so that the stones of the walls could not be seen.
The cedar panels were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers; the whole interior was covered with cedar, so that the stones of the walls could not be seen.
Lexham English Bible
with the cedar within the inner house having carvings of gourds and buds of flowers. It was entirely of cedar; there was not a stone visible.
with the cedar within the inner house having carvings of gourds and buds of flowers. It was entirely of cedar; there was not a stone visible.
Literal Translation
And the cedar for the house inside was with carvings of gourds and flowers spread out; the whole was cedar; not a stone was seen.
And the cedar for the house inside was with carvings of gourds and flowers spread out; the whole was cedar; not a stone was seen.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
on the ynsyde was the whole house of Ceder with throwne knoppes and floures, so that there was no stone sene.
on the ynsyde was the whole house of Ceder with throwne knoppes and floures, so that there was no stone sene.
American Standard Version
And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
Bible in Basic English
(All the inside of the house was cedar-wood, ornamented with designs of buds and flowers; no stonework was to be seen inside.)
(All the inside of the house was cedar-wood, ornamented with designs of buds and flowers; no stonework was to be seen inside.)
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Cedar of the house within, was carued with knoppes, and grauen with flowres: & all was Cedar timber, so that no stone was sene.
And the Cedar of the house within, was carued with knoppes, and grauen with flowres: & all was Cedar timber, so that no stone was sene.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the cedar on the house within was carved with knops and open flowers; all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
And the cedar on the house within was carved with knops and open flowers; all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
King James Version (1611)
And the Cedar of the house within was carued with knops, and open flowres: all was Cedar, there was no stone seene.
And the Cedar of the house within was carued with knops, and open flowres: all was Cedar, there was no stone seene.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And hanging work, two rows of brazen pomegranates, formed with net-work, hanging work, row upon row: and thus he framed the ornaments for the second chapiter.
And hanging work, two rows of brazen pomegranates, formed with net-work, hanging work, row upon row: and thus he framed the ornaments for the second chapiter.
English Revised Version
And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
Berean Standard Bible
The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And al the hows with ynne was clothid with cedre, and hadde hise smethenessis, and hise ioynyngis maad suteli, and grauyngis apperynge aboue; alle thingis weren clothid with tablis of cedre, and outirli a stoon miyte not appere in the wal.
And al the hows with ynne was clothid with cedre, and hadde hise smethenessis, and hise ioynyngis maad suteli, and grauyngis apperynge aboue; alle thingis weren clothid with tablis of cedre, and outirli a stoon miyte not appere in the wal.
Young's Literal Translation
And the cedar for the house within [is] carvings of knobs and openings of flowers; the whole [is] cedar, there is not a stone seen.
And the cedar for the house within [is] carvings of knobs and openings of flowers; the whole [is] cedar, there is not a stone seen.
Update Bible Version
And there was cedar on the house inside, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
And there was cedar on the house inside, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the cedar of the house within [was] carved with knobs and open flowers: all [was] cedar; there was no stone seen.
And the cedar of the house within [was] carved with knobs and open flowers: all [was] cedar; there was no stone seen.
World English Bible
There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
New King James Version
The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with ornamental buds and open flowers. All was cedar; there was no stone to be seen.
The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with ornamental buds and open flowers. All was cedar; there was no stone to be seen.
New Living Translation
Cedar paneling completely covered the stone walls throughout the Temple, and the paneling was decorated with carvings of gourds and open flowers.
Cedar paneling completely covered the stone walls throughout the Temple, and the paneling was decorated with carvings of gourds and open flowers.
New Life Bible
There was cedar on the house within, cut to look like gourds and open flowers. It was all cedar. No stone was seen.
There was cedar on the house within, cut to look like gourds and open flowers. It was all cedar. No stone was seen.
New Revised Standard
The cedar within the house had carvings of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, no stone was seen.
The cedar within the house had carvings of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, no stone was seen.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the house was covered within with cedar, having the turnings, and the joints thereof artfully wrought, and carvings projecting out: all was covered with boards of cedar: and no stone could be seen in the wall at all.
And all the house was covered within with cedar, having the turnings, and the joints thereof artfully wrought, and carvings projecting out: all was covered with boards of cedar: and no stone could be seen in the wall at all.
Revised Standard Version
The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, no stone was seen.
The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, no stone was seen.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
There was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen.
There was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen.
Contextual Overview
15 and he built the walls of the house on the inside, with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house, unto the cross-beams of the ceiling, he overlaid it with wood, on the inside, - and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits, at the hinder part of the house, with boards of cedar, from the floor as far as the cross-beams, - and he built it within, for a shrine, even for the holy of holies; 17 but, forty cubits, was the house itself, - the same, was the temple, before the oracle. 18 And, the cedar for the house within, was carved with colocynths, and with festoons of flowers, - the whole, was cedar, there was no stone to be seen. 19 And, the shrine in the midst of the house within, made he ready, - for placing there, the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. 20 And, the interior of the shrine, was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it, with pure gold, - and overlaid the altar with cedar. 21 Thus then did Solomon overlay the house within, with pure gold, - and he drew chains of gold across the front of the shrine, and overlaid it with gold; 22 yea, all the house, overlaid he with gold, until he had made all the house into one whole, - even all the altar that was by the shrine, overlaid he with gold. 23 And he made, within the shrine, two cherubim of wild olive wood, - ten cubits in height; 24 and, five cubits, was the one wing of the cherub, and, five cubits, the second wing of the cherub, - ten cubits, from the one end of his wings unto the other end of his wings.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
knops: or, gourds, Pekaim, "artificial knops," in the shape of colocynths, or wild gourds, as the word denotes (see note on 2 Kings 4:39), the full-blown flowers of which must have been very ornamental.
open flowers: or, openings of flowers, 1 Kings 6:18
Reciprocal: Exodus 25:31 - his knops 1 Kings 6:29 - open flowers 1 Kings 6:32 - open flowers 1 Kings 7:19 - lily work 1 Kings 7:24 - knops 1 Kings 7:26 - with flowers 2 Chronicles 4:3 - oxen 2 Chronicles 4:21 - the flowers Psalms 74:6 - General
Cross-References
Genesis 6:9
These, are the generations of Noah, Noah, was, a righteous man blameless, in his generations, - with God, did Noah walk.
These, are the generations of Noah, Noah, was, a righteous man blameless, in his generations, - with God, did Noah walk.
Genesis 6:16
A place for light, shalt thou make to the ark and to a cubit, shalt thou finish it upwards, and the opening of the ark - in the side thereof, shalt thou put, - with lower, second and third stories, shalt thou make it.
A place for light, shalt thou make to the ark and to a cubit, shalt thou finish it upwards, and the opening of the ark - in the side thereof, shalt thou put, - with lower, second and third stories, shalt thou make it.
Genesis 7:1
And Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, into the ark, - for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.
And Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, into the ark, - for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.
Genesis 7:7
So Noah entered, and his sons and his wife and his sons wives with him into the ark, - from before the waters of the flood,
So Noah entered, and his sons and his wife and his sons wives with him into the ark, - from before the waters of the flood,
Genesis 7:13
On this selfsame day, entered Noah, and Shem and Ham and Japheth. Noah's sons, - and Noah's wife, and his sons' three wives with them into the ark:
On this selfsame day, entered Noah, and Shem and Ham and Japheth. Noah's sons, - and Noah's wife, and his sons' three wives with them into the ark:
Genesis 17:4
As for me, lo! my covenant is with thee, - So shalt thou become - father of a multitude of nations;
As for me, lo! my covenant is with thee, - So shalt thou become - father of a multitude of nations;
Genesis 17:7
And I will confirm my covenant betwixt me and thee and thy seed after thee to their generations for an age-abiding covenant, - to become to thee a God, and to thy seed after thee;
And I will confirm my covenant betwixt me and thee and thy seed after thee to their generations for an age-abiding covenant, - to become to thee a God, and to thy seed after thee;
Genesis 17:21
But my covenant, will I establish with Isaac, - whom Sarah shall bear, to thee, by this set time, in the next year.
But my covenant, will I establish with Isaac, - whom Sarah shall bear, to thee, by this set time, in the next year.
Isaiah 26:20
Come my people, enter into thy chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, - Hide thee as it were a little moment Till the indignation pass over.
Come my people, enter into thy chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, - Hide thee as it were a little moment Till the indignation pass over.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith, Noah, having received intimation concerning the things not yet seen, filled with reverence, prepared an ark to the saving of his house - through which he condemned the world, and, of the righteousness by way of faith, became heir.
By faith, Noah, having received intimation concerning the things not yet seen, filled with reverence, prepared an ark to the saving of his house - through which he condemned the world, and, of the righteousness by way of faith, became heir.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the cedar of the house within,.... With which the inside of the place was lined:
[was] carved with knops; of an oval form; so the Targum says, they had the appearance of eggs; and Ben Gersom likewise, that they were in the form of eggs:
and open flowers; not in the figure of buds, but flowers blown, and open, as lilies and others; so the Targum:
all [was] cedar; the wainscotting of the house, the sides of it at least, if not the floor, and the carved work of it; and this was done, that the gold might be laid upon it, which could not be done on stone as on wood: and all was so covered, that
there was no stone seen; of which the outward walls were built: all this denotes the inward beauty of the church, and the curious workmanship of the Spirit of God in the hearts of his people, whereby they become all glorious within, adorned with the graces of the blessed Spirit, their stony hearts being kept out of sight, yea, taken away.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Knops and open flowers - Rather, “gourds and opening flower-buds.” Imitations of the vegetable world are among the earliest of architectural ornaments. They abound in the architecture of Egypt and Persia. In that of Assyria they occur more sparingly.
