Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Overhead were highly priced stones cut to measure, and cedar-wood.
New American Standard Bible
And above were costly stones, stone cut according to measure, and cedar.
King James Version
And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
Holman Bible
Above were also costly stones, cut to size, as well as cedar wood.
International Standard Version
Above these were expensive stones cut according to specifications, and cedar.
A Conservative Version
And above were costly stones, even hewn stone, according to measure, and cedar-wood.
American Standard Version
And above were costly stones, even hewn stone, according to measure, and cedar-wood.
Amplified
And above [the foundation] were expensive stones, stones cut according to measure, and cedar.
Darby Translation
And above were costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, and cedar.
Julia Smith Translation
And from above precious stones according to the measure of the cuttings and the cedars.
King James 2000
And above were costly stones, after the measures of cut stones, and cedars.
Lexham Expanded Bible
with precious stones above, {just the right size}, and cedar.
Modern King James verseion
And above were costly stones, according to the measures of hewn stone and cedar.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stone and one row of Cedar planks.
NET Bible
Above the foundation the best stones, chiseled to the right size, were used along with cedar.
New Heart English Bible
Above were costly stones, even cut stone, according to measure, and cedar wood.
The Emphasized Bible
And, above, were costly stones, after the dimensions of hewn stone, and cedar.
Webster
And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewn stones, and cedars.
World English Bible
Above were costly stones, even cut stone, according to measure, and cedar wood.
Youngs Literal Translation
and above are precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, and cedar;
Themes
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Interlinear
Ma`al
Yaqar
'eben
Middah
References
Easton
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 7:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Continues To Build
10 And the base was of great masses of highly priced stone, some ten cubits and some eight cubits square. 11 Overhead were highly priced stones cut to measure, and cedar-wood. 12 The great outer square all round was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards, round about the open square inside the house of the Lord and the covered room of the king's house.
Cross References
Ephesians 2:20-22
Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
1 Peter 2:5
You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.