Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And he covered the house with precious stones for beauty. And the gold was gold of Parvaim.
New American Standard Bible
Further, he
King James Version
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Holman Bible
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim.
International Standard Version
The Temple was adorned with precious stones, including gold from the Orient.
A Conservative Version
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty. And the gold was gold of Parvaim.
American Standard Version
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Amplified
And he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
Bible in Basic English
And the house was made beautiful with stones of great value, and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Darby Translation
And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will overlay the house with precious stone for glory: and the gold, gold of Parvaim.
King James 2000
And he adorned the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he overlaid the house with precious stone as decoration. (Now the gold [was] the gold of Parvaim.)
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he paved the house with precious stone goodly. And it was gold of Parvaim.
NET Bible
He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim.
New Heart English Bible
He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
The Emphasized Bible
And he covered the house with precious stones, for beauty, - and, the gold, was gold of Parvaim.
Webster
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
World English Bible
He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold is gold of Parvaim,
Themes
Parvaim » An unknown region where gold was found
Precious stones » Used for » Adorning the temple
Interlinear
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Tiph'arah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 3:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Builds The Temple
5 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. 6 And he covered the house with precious stones for beauty. And the gold was gold of Parvaim. 7 He also overlaid the house, the beams, the posts, and its walls, and its doors, with gold. And he engraved cherubs on the walls.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:2
And I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the bronze for things of bronze, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood, onyx stones, and stones to be set, and also stones of antimony, and stones of many colors, and every precious stone, and stones of alabaster, in abundance.
1 Chronicles 29:8
And he who had precious stones gave to the treasury of the house of Jehovah by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
Isaiah 54:11-12
Afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will lay your stones among antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.
Revelation 21:18-21
And the foundation of its wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.