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World English Bible
2 Chronicles 2:9
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
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Christian Standard Bible®
to prepare logs for me in abundance because the temple I am building will be great and wondrous.
to prepare logs for me in abundance because the temple I am building will be great and wondrous.
Hebrew Names Version
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
King James Version
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
English Standard Version
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
New Century Version
Send me a lot of wood, because the temple I am going to build will be large and wonderful.
Send me a lot of wood, because the temple I am going to build will be large and wonderful.
New English Translation
to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.
to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.
Amplified Bible
to prepare for me an abundance of timber, because the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
to prepare for me an abundance of timber, because the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
New American Standard Bible
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
Geneva Bible (1587)
That they may prepare me timber in abudance: for the house which I doe buylde, is great and wonderfull.
That they may prepare me timber in abudance: for the house which I doe buylde, is great and wonderfull.
Legacy Standard Bible
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
Berean Standard Bible
to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.
to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.
Contemporary English Version
because I'll need a lot of lumber to build such a large and glorious temple.
because I'll need a lot of lumber to build such a large and glorious temple.
Complete Jewish Bible
I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, 100,000 bushels of cracked wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 100,000 gallons of wine, and 100,000 gallons of olive oil."
I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, 100,000 bushels of cracked wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 100,000 gallons of wine, and 100,000 gallons of olive oil."
Darby Translation
even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and wonderful.
even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and wonderful.
Easy-to-Read Version
I will need lots of wood because the Temple I am building will be very large and beautiful.
I will need lots of wood because the Temple I am building will be very large and beautiful.
George Lamsa Translation
And shall bring me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build will be very great and wonderful.
And shall bring me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build will be very great and wonderful.
Good News Translation
in preparing large quantities of timber, because this temple I intend to build will be large and magnificent.
in preparing large quantities of timber, because this temple I intend to build will be large and magnificent.
Lexham English Bible
to prepare trees in abundance for me, for the house that I am building will be great and wonderful.
to prepare trees in abundance for me, for the house that I am building will be great and wonderful.
Literal Translation
even to prepare trees in abundance for me, for the house that I am building will be great and wonderful.
even to prepare trees in abundance for me, for the house that I am building will be great and wonderful.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
to prepare me moch tymber: for the house that I wyl buylde, shalbe greate & maruelous goodly.
to prepare me moch tymber: for the house that I wyl buylde, shalbe greate & maruelous goodly.
American Standard Version
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
Bible in Basic English
To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.
To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
That they may prepare me timber enough: For the house whiche I am determined to buylde, shalbe wonderfull great.
That they may prepare me timber enough: For the house whiche I am determined to buylde, shalbe wonderfull great.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.'
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.'
King James Version (1611)
Euen to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build, shalbe wonderfull great.
Euen to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build, shalbe wonderfull great.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
to prepare timber for me in abundance: for the house which I am building must be great and glorious.
to prepare timber for me in abundance: for the house which I am building must be great and glorious.
English Revised Version
even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that ful many trees be maad redi to me; for the hows which Y coueyte to bilde is ful greet and noble.
that ful many trees be maad redi to me; for the hows which Y coueyte to bilde is ful greet and noble.
Update Bible Version
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
Webster's Bible Translation
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build [shall be] wonderfully great.
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build [shall be] wonderfully great.
New King James Version
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the temple which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the temple which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
New Living Translation
An immense amount of timber will be needed, for the Temple I am going to build will be very large and magnificent.
An immense amount of timber will be needed, for the Temple I am going to build will be very large and magnificent.
New Life Bible
to cut many trees for me. For the house I am about to build will be very great and beautiful.
to cut many trees for me. For the house I am about to build will be very great and beautiful.
New Revised Standard
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
yea to prepare me timbers in abundance, - for, the house which I am about to build, must be great and most wonderful.
yea to prepare me timbers in abundance, - for, the house which I am about to build, must be great and most wonderful.
Douay-Rheims Bible
To provide me timber in abundance. For the house which I desire to build, is to be exceeding great, and glorious.
To provide me timber in abundance. For the house which I desire to build, is to be exceeding great, and glorious.
Revised Standard Version
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
Young's Literal Translation
even to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building [is] great and wonderful.
even to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building [is] great and wonderful.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
Contextual Overview
1 Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom. 2 Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. 3 Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As you did deal with David my father, and did send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, [even so deal with me]. 4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This is [an ordinance] forever to Israel. 5 The house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods. 6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him? 7 Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave [all manner of] engravings, [to be] with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. 8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon: and, behold, my servants shall be with your servants, 9 even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful. 10 Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
wonderful great: Heb. great and wonderful, 2 Chronicles 2:5, 2 Chronicles 7:21, 1 Kings 9:8
Reciprocal: Psalms 78:69 - high Song of Solomon 1:17 - beams Ezekiel 7:20 - the beauty
Cross-References
Genesis 2:8
Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:17
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."
Genesis 3:3
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
Deuteronomy 6:25
It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.
It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
Isaiah 44:25
who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
Isaiah 47:10
For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, None sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you, and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, None sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you, and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the lower parts of the earth.
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the lower parts of the earth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Even to prepare me timber in abundance,.... Since he would want a large quantity for raftering, cieling, wainscoting, and flooring the temple:
for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great; as to its structure and ornaments.
