Parallel Verses
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
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
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,
Themes
Palm tree » Wood of, used in the temple
Palm trees » Represented in carved work on the walls and doors of the temple of solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
Temple » Solomon's » Called the greater house
The First Temple » Divided into » The sanctuary or greater house
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 3:5
Verse Info
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.