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Bible in Basic English

The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

New American Standard Bible

The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the lowland.

King James Version

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

Holman Bible

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.

International Standard Version

The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and made cedar trees as abundant as sycamore trees in the Shephelah.

A Conservative Version

And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

American Standard Version

And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

Amplified

The king made silver in Jerusalem as common as stones, and cedar wood as plentiful as the sycamore-fig trees that are in the lowland.

Darby Translation

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance.

Julia Smith Translation

And the king will give silver as stones in Jerusalem, and he gave cedars as sycamore trees in the low country, for multitude.

King James 2000

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as common as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as the sycamore trees that [are] in the Shephelah for abundance.

Modern King James verseion

And the king made silver in Jerusalem like stones, and he made cedar trees as the sycamore trees in the low plains.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and Cedar trees as plenteous as the mulberry trees that grow in the valleys.

NET Bible

The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands.

New Heart English Bible

The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

The Emphasized Bible

And the king made the silver in Jerusalem like the stones, - and, the cedar trees, made he like the sycomores which are in the lowland, for abundance.

Webster

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees he made as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

World English Bible

The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as sycamores, that are in the low country, for abundance,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

נתן 
Nathan 
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011
Usage: 2011

כּסף 
Keceph 
Usage: 403

ירוּשׁלים ירוּשׁלם 
Y@ruwshalaim 
Usage: 642

and cedar trees
ארז 
'erez 
Usage: 73

he as the sycomore trees
שׁקמה שׁקם 
Shaqam 
Usage: 7

that are in the low plains
שׁפלה 
Sh@phelah 
Usage: 20

Verse Info

Context Readings

Solomon's Great Wealth

26 And he was ruler over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the limit of Egypt. 27 The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number. 28 They got horses for Solomon from Egypt and from every land.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 1:15-17

And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.

1 Kings 10:27-29

And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

1 Chronicles 27:28

Baal-hanan the Gederite was responsible for the olive-trees and the sycamore-trees in the lowlands; and Joash for the stores of oil;

2 Chronicles 9:20

All King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.

Job 22:24-25

And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys;

Psalm 78:47

He sent ice for the destruction of their vines; their trees were damaged by the bitter cold.

Isaiah 9:10

The bricks have come down, but we will put up buildings of cut stone in their place: the sycamores are cut down, but they will be changed to cedars.

Amos 7:14

Then Amos in answer said to Amaziah, I am no prophet, or one of the sons of the prophets; I am a herdman and one who takes care of sycamore-trees:

Luke 19:4

And he went quickly in front of them and got up into a tree to see him, for he was going that way.

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