Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Solomon was thirteen years building a house for himself till it was complete.
New American Standard Bible
Now
King James Version
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
Holman Bible
Solomon completed his entire palace complex after 13 years of construction.
International Standard Version
But Solomon took thirteen years to build his own palace, and finally finished it.
A Conservative Version
And Solomon was thirteen years building his own house, and he finished all his house.
American Standard Version
And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
Amplified
Now Solomon built his own house (palace)
Darby Translation
And Solomon was thirteen years building his own house; and he finished all his house.
Julia Smith Translation
And Solomon built his house thirteen years, and he will finish his house.
King James 2000
But Solomon was building his own house for thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Solomon built his house [over] thirteen years, and he finished all of his house.
Modern King James verseion
And Solomon was thirteen years building his own house. And he finished all his house.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Solomon built his own house in thirteen years space and full finished it.
NET Bible
Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace.
New Heart English Bible
Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
The Emphasized Bible
But, his own house, was Solomon thirteen years in building, - so he finished all his house.
Webster
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
World English Bible
Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
Youngs Literal Translation
And his own house hath Solomon built thirteen years, and he finisheth all his house.
Interlinear
Banah
Bayith
Shalowsh
Shaneh (in pl. only),
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 7:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Continues To Build
1 Solomon was thirteen years building a house for himself till it was complete. 2 And he made the house of the Woods of Lebanon, which was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high, resting on four lines of cedar-wood pillars with cedar-wood supports on the pillars.
Names
Cross References
1 Kings 9:10
Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house,
2 Chronicles 8:1
Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the house of the Lord and a house for himself,
1 Kings 3:1
Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter as his wife, keeping her in the town of David, till the house he was building for himself, and the house of the Lord and the wall round Jerusalem, were complete.
Ecclesiastes 2:4-5
I undertook great works, building myself houses and planting vine-gardens.
Matthew 6:33
But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.