Parallel Verses
Amplified
And he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
New American Standard Bible
Further, he
King James Version
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Holman Bible
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim.
International Standard Version
The Temple was adorned with precious stones, including gold from the Orient.
A Conservative Version
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty. And the gold was gold of Parvaim.
American Standard Version
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Bible in Basic English
And the house was made beautiful with stones of great value, and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Darby Translation
And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will overlay the house with precious stone for glory: and the gold, gold of Parvaim.
King James 2000
And he adorned the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he overlaid the house with precious stone as decoration. (Now the gold [was] the gold of Parvaim.)
Modern King James verseion
And he covered the house with precious stones for beauty. And the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he paved the house with precious stone goodly. And it was gold of Parvaim.
NET Bible
He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim.
New Heart English Bible
He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
The Emphasized Bible
And he covered the house with precious stones, for beauty, - and, the gold, was gold of Parvaim.
Webster
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
World English Bible
He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold is gold of Parvaim,
Themes
Parvaim » An unknown region where gold was found
Precious stones » Used for » Adorning the temple
Interlinear
'eben
Tiph'arah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 3:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Builds The Temple
5 He overlaid the main room [the Holy Place] with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and decorated it with palm trees and chains. 6 And he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim. 7 He also overlaid the house [the Holy Place] with gold—the beams, the thresholds, and its walls and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:2
So with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, silver for the things of silver, bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, as well as onyx stones and stones to be inlaid, stones of antimony (a brittle, silvery-white metal) and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.
1 Chronicles 29:8
Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, in the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.
Isaiah 54:11-12
“O you afflicted [city], storm-tossed, and not comforted,
Listen carefully, I will set your [precious] stones in mortar,
And lay your foundations with sapphires.
Revelation 21:18-21
The wall was built of jasper; and the city was pure gold, transparent like clear crystal.