Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach shall be found."
New American Standard Bible
let the priests take it for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the
King James Version
Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
Holman Bible
each priest is to take from his assessor
International Standard Version
"Let the priests get support for themselves from their own donors, and let them repair the Temple wherever a leak in need of repair is discovered."
A Conservative Version
let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance, and they shall repair the broken parts of the house wherever any breach shall be found.
American Standard Version
let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
Amplified
let the priests receive such contributions for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair any breach in the house of the Lord, wherever a breach is found.”
Bible in Basic English
Let the priests take, every man from his friends and neighbours, to make good what is damaged in the house, wherever it is to be seen.
Darby Translation
let the priests take it, every man of his acquaintance; and let them repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach is found.
Julia Smith Translation
The priests shall take to themselves a man from his selling; and they shall make firm the breach of the house to all which a breach shall be found there.
King James 2000
Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the damages of the house, wherever any damage shall be found.
Lexham Expanded Bible
let the priests take for themselves, each from his treasurers, and let them repair the breach of the temple for every place where damage is found."
Modern King James verseion
let the priests take it to themselves, each man from those he knows. And let them repair the breaks in the house, in all places where any break shall be found.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance, and let them repair the broken places of the temple in all the places where ought is found decayed."
NET Bible
The priests should receive the silver they need from the treasurers and repair any damage to the temple they discover."
The Emphasized Bible
let the priests take to them, every one from his acquaintance, - and let, them, repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever there may be found a breach.
Webster
Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach shall be found.
World English Bible
let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach shall be found."
Youngs Literal Translation
do the priests take to them, each from his acquaintance, and they strengthen the breach of the house, in all places where there is found a breach.'
Themes
Church and state » State superior to religion » Jehoash, in supervising the repairs of the temple
Dedication » Things dedicated to God: » Applied to the repair and maintenance of the temple
Jehoiada » High priest » Directs the repairs of the temple
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Joash or jehoash
Liberality » Instances of » Joash and his people
Religious zeal » Instances of » Jehoash
Temple » Solomon's » Repaired by jehoash, king of judah
The First Temple » Historical notices of » Repaired by jehoash at the instigation of jehoiada
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 12:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Temple Repairs Planned
4 Jehoash said to the priests, "All the money of the holy things that is brought into the house of the LORD, in current money, the money of the persons for whom each man is rated, and all the money that it comes into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD, 5 let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach shall be found." 6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
Cross References
Isaiah 58:12
Those who shall be of you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
1 Kings 11:27
This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the City of David his father.
2 Kings 12:12
and to the masons and the stone cutters, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
2 Kings 22:5-6
Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD; and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,
2 Chronicles 24:5
He gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather money to repair the house of your God from all Israel from year to year. See that you expedite this matter." However the Levites did not do it right away.
2 Chronicles 24:7
For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up God's house; and they also gave all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD to the Baals.