1 Kings 6:7
What does 1 Kings 6:7 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 6:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949(And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the house, in its being built, of perfect stone brought <FI>thither<Fi> hath been built, and hammer, and the axe--any instrument of iron--was not heard in the house, in its being built.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the house, when it was in building, was built of stones, hewed and made ready: so that there was neither hammer nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the house, when it was being built, was built of stone entirely made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was being built.
Context
v.6The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house.
v.7This passage
v.8The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the middle into the third.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- James 1:20
for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
- Exodus 20:25
And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
- Colossians 1:12
giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
- 2 Corinthians 5:5
Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
- Deuteronomy 27:5
And there shalt thou build an altar unto Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon them.
- Romans 9:23
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,
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