Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the house was built of stone made perfect already before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer or axe either any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And 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.
Holman Bible
The temple’s construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
International Standard Version
The Temple was constructed of stone precut at the quarry so that no hammer, axe, or any other iron implement would be heard in the Temple while it was being built.
A Conservative Version
And the house, when it was being built, 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 being built.
American Standard Version
And 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.
Amplified
While it was being built, the house was built of stone prepared and finished (precut) at the quarry, and no hammer, axe, or iron tool of any kind was heard in the house while it was under construction.
Bible in Basic English
(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.)
Darby Translation
And 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.
Julia Smith Translation
And the house in its building was built of stone completed from the quarry: and hammers and the axe, every instrument of iron was not heard in the house in its building.
King James 2000
And the house, when it was being built, was built of stone made ready before it was brought there: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was being built.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now while the temple was being built, it was built [with] stones finished [at the] quarry, [so that] no hammer or stone shaping tool or any instrument of iron was heard in the temple as it was being built.
Modern King James verseion
And when it was being built, the house was built of stone made ready beforehand. And there was not heard in the house a hammer or an axe, or any iron tool, while it was being built.
NET Bible
As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.
New Heart English Bible
The house, when it was in building, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, the house, when it was in building, with whole quarry-stones, was built, - neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tools of iron, was heard in the house, when it was in building.
Webster
And 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 ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
World English Bible
The house, when it was in building, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the house, in its being built, of perfect stone brought thither hath been built, and hammer, and the axe -- any instrument of iron -- was not heard in the house, in its being built.
Themes
Iron » Made into » Tools for artificers
Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Tools
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Stones » Prepared in the quarries
Temple » Solomon's » Chambers of
Temple » Solomon's » No tools used in the erection of
The First Temple » Solomon » Built without the noise of hammers, ax, or any tool
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 6:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Builds The Temple For Yahweh
6 And the nethermost gallery was five cubits broad and the middle gallery six. And the third, seven cubits broad. For he made the walls without, whereon the beams lay, ever thinner and thinner, so that they were not fastened in the walls of the house. 7 And the house was built of stone made perfect already before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer or axe either any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. 8 And the door of the middle gallery was in the end of the house on the right side. And men went up with winding stairs into the middle gallery, and out of the middle into the third.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:5-6
And there build, unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones; and see thou lift up no iron upon them.
Exodus 20:25
But and if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, see thou make it not of hewed stone, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou shalt pollute it.
1 Kings 5:17-18
And at the commandment of the king, they brought great stones, and that free stones, and hewed thereto, to lay in the foundation of the house.
Proverbs 24:27
First, make up thy work that is without, and look well unto that which thou hast in the field, and then build thine house.
Isaiah 42:2
He shall not be an out-crier, nor a high-minded person. His voice shall not be heard in the streets.
Acts 9:31
Then had the congregations rest, throughout all Jewry and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified, and walked in the fear of the Lord; And multiplied by the comfort of the holy ghost.
Romans 9:23
that he might declare the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had prepared unto glory:
2 Corinthians 5:5
He that hath ordained us for this thing, is God: which very same hath given unto us the earnest of the spirit.
Colossians 1:12
giving thanks unto the father which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of saints in light.
James 1:20
For the wrath of man worketh not that which is righteous before God.
James 3:17-18
but the wisdom that is from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, and without simulation.
1 Peter 2:5
and ye, as living stones, are made a spiritual house, and a holy priesthood, for to offer up spiritual sacrifice, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.