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Bible in Basic English

And the greater house was roofed with cypress-wood, plated with the best gold and ornamented with designs of palm-trees and chains.

New American Standard Bible

He overlaid the main room with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.

King James Version

And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

Holman Bible

The larger room he paneled with cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold, and decorated with palm trees and chains.

International Standard Version

The main room of the Temple was trimmed with a wainscoting composed of cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold ornamented with palm trees and chains.

A Conservative Version

And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm trees and chains.

American Standard Version

And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.

Amplified

He overlaid the main room [the Holy Place] with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and decorated it with palm trees and chains.

Darby Translation

And the greater house he boarded with cypress-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm-trees and chains.

Julia Smith Translation

And the great house he covered with woods of cypresses, and he will cover it with good gold, and he will bring up palm trees upon it and chains.

King James 2000

And the greater room he lined with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the great house [itself] he covered with cypress wood, then he overlaid it with pure gold. And he put on it palm tree [images] and [ornate] chains.

Modern King James verseion

And he made the ceiling of the greater house with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold. And he set palm trees and chains on it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the great house he sealed with fir tree, and overlaid it with good gold, and graved thereto palm trees and chains.

NET Bible

He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.

New Heart English Bible

The greater house he made a ceiling with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.

The Emphasized Bible

And, the greater house, covered he with cypress wood, and overlaid it with fine gold, - and raised thereon palms, and wreathed garlands.

Webster

And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm trees and chains.

World English Bible

The greater house he made a ceiling with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the large house he hath covered with fir-trees, and he doth cover it with good gold, and causeth to ascend on it palms and chains,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the greater
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

he cieled
חפה 
Chaphah 
Usage: 12

with fir
בּרושׁ 
B@rowsh 
Usage: 20

חפה 
Chaphah 
Usage: 12

זהב 
Zahab 
Usage: 390

and set
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

תּמּרה תּמּר 
Timmor (pl. only) 
Usage: 19

References

Context Readings

Solomon Builds The Temple

4 And the covered way in front of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and a hundred and twenty cubits high, all plated inside with the best gold. 5 And the greater house was roofed with cypress-wood, plated with the best gold and ornamented with designs of palm-trees and chains. 6 And the house was made beautiful with stones of great value, and the gold was gold of Parvaim.


Cross References

1 Kings 6:15-17

The walls of the house were covered inside with cedar-wood boards; from the floor to the roof of the house they were covered inside with wood; and the floor was covered with boards of cypress-wood.

1 Kings 6:21-22

Solomon had all the inside of the house covered with gold, and he put chains of gold across in front of the inmost room, which itself was covered with gold.

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