1 Kings 5:17 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And the king commandeth, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones;

And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.

English Amplified

The king commanded, and they hewed and brought out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stone.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

The king commanded, and they hewed and brought out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stone.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

English EASY 2024

The king commanded the workers to cut large pieces of stone from the rocks. They cut the best stones into the right shape to build the foundation of the temple.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

King Solomon commanded them to cut large, expensive stones for the foundation of the Temple.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

At the king's command they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

At King Solomon's command they cut fine large stones for the foundation of the Temple.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The king commanded them to quarry large, expensive blocks of stone in order to provide a foundation of cut stone for the temple.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

English KJV 1611

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, precious stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

At the king’s command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

"You know that my father David, because of the enemies surrounding him on all sides, could not build a temple in honor of the LORD, his God, until such a time as the LORD should put these enemies under the soles of his feet.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The people did what the king commanded. They removed large blocks of fine stone from a rock pit. They used them to provide a foundation for the temple.

At the king's command they removed from the quarry large blocks of quality stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.

English NKJ 1982

And the king commanded them to quarry large stones, costly stones, and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the temple.

At the king's command, the stonecutters quarried and shaped costly blocks of stone for the foundation of the Temple.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

At the king's command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

At the king's command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

The stonecutters quarried and shaped huge blocks of stone—a very expensive job—for the foundation of the Temple.

English Tyndale 1537

And at the commandment of the king, they brought great stones and that free stones, and hewed thereto, to lay in the foundation of the house.