Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 He ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. 27 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. 28 They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 1:15-17

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

1 Kings 10:27-29

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

1 Chronicles 27:28

and over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowland was Baal Hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:

2 Chronicles 9:20

All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

Job 22:24-25

Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

Psalm 78:47

He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.

Isaiah 9:10

"The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone. The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place."

Amos 7:14

Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;

Luke 19:4

He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.

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