Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And the whole house he overlaid with gold until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.
New American Standard Bible
He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also
King James Version
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
Holman Bible
So he added the gold overlay to the entire temple until everything was completely finished, including the entire altar
International Standard Version
He finished the Temple by overlaying it entirely with gold, including overlaying with gold the whole altar that was by the inner sanctuary.
American Standard Version
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.
Amplified
Then he overlaid the entire house with gold, until the whole house was finished. He also overlaid the entire [incense] altar which was by the Holy of Holies with gold.
Bible in Basic English
Plates of gold were put all through the house till it was covered completely (and the altar in the inmost room was all covered with gold).
Darby Translation
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, the whole house entirely; also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
Julia Smith Translation
And all the house he overlaid with gold even till he completed all the house: and all the altar which was to the oracle he overlaid with gold.
King James 2000
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
Lexham Expanded Bible
All of the temple he overlaid with gold until all of the temple [was] finished; all of the altar which belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
Modern King James verseion
And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until he had finished all the house. Also all of the altar that belonged to the Holy of Holies, he overlaid with gold:
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the whole house he overlaid with gold until he had ended it. And the altar that was in the quyre he overlaid with gold also.
NET Bible
He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary.
New Heart English Bible
The whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.
The Emphasized Bible
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.
Webster
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
World English Bible
The whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the whole of the house he hath overlaid with gold, till the completion of all the house; and the whole of the altar that the oracle hath, he hath overlaid with gold.
Themes
Gold » Used in the arts » Overlaying with
Gold » Was used for » Overlaying the temple
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
The First Temple » The whole inside and outside covered with gold
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 6:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Builds The Temple For Yahweh
21 So Solomon overlaid the house inside with pure gold. And he drew chains of gold across before the oracle, and he overlaid it with gold. 22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold. 23 And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.
Cross References
Exodus 30:1
And thou shall make an altar to burn incense upon. Thou shall make it of acacia wood.
Exodus 30:3
And thou shall overlay it with pure gold, the top of it, and the sides of it round about, and the horns of it. And thou shall make to it a crown of gold round about.
Exodus 30:5-6
And thou shall make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
1 Kings 6:20
And inside the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height of it. And he overlaid it with pure gold. And he covered the altar with cedar.
2 Chronicles 3:7-14
He also overlaid the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls of it, and the doors of it, with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.