Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And to prepare for me woods for multitude: for the house that I build is great and wonderful.
New American Standard Bible
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
King James Version
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
Holman Bible
to prepare logs for me in abundance because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.
International Standard Version
to prepare an abundant amount of timber for me, because the Temple that I'm building is to be great and awesome.
A Conservative Version
even to prepare for me timber in abundance. For the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
American Standard Version
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
Amplified
to prepare for me an abundance of timber, because the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
Bible in Basic English
To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.
Darby Translation
even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and wonderful.
King James 2000
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderfully great.
Lexham Expanded Bible
to prepare trees in abundance for me, for the house that I am building [will be] great and wonderful.
Modern King James verseion
in order to prepare plenty of timber for me. For the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that they may prepare me timber enough. For the house which I build is great and wonderful.
NET Bible
to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.
New Heart English Bible
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
The Emphasized Bible
yea to prepare me timbers in abundance, - for, the house which I am about to build, must be great and most wonderful.
Webster
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderfully great.
World English Bible
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
Youngs Literal Translation
even to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building is great and wonderful.
Themes
Hiram » Called huram, king of tyre » Helps solomon in building the temple
Mountains » Abounded with » Forests
The First Temple » Solomon » Contracted with hiram for wood, stone, and labor
The First Temple » Its magnificence
Tyre » Supplied » Stones and timber for building the temple, &c
Interlinear
Kuwn
Bayith
Banah
Pala'
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 2:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Petitions The King Of Tyre
8 And send to me cedar trees and cypresses, and algum trees from Lebanon: for I knew that thy servants are knowing to cut trees of Lebanon; and behold, my servants with thy servants, 9 And to prepare for me woods for multitude: for the house that I build is great and wonderful. 10 And behold, to those hewing, to those cutting woods, wheat, the beatings out to thy servants twenty thousand cors, and barley, twenty thousand cors, and wine, twenty thousand baths, and oil, twenty thousand baths.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:8
And this house shall be high, every one passing by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss: and they said, For what did Jehovah thus to this land and to this house?
2 Chronicles 2:5
And the house that I build is great: for great our God above all gods.
2 Chronicles 7:21
And this house which was high shall astonish to every one passing by it; and saying, For what did Jehovah thus to this land and to this house?