2 Chronicles 9:27 — Compare Translations

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

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,

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.

English Amplified

The king made silver in Jerusalem as common as stones, and cedar wood as plentiful as sycamore trees in the lowlands.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

The king made silver in Jerusalem as common as stones, and cedar wood as plentiful as sycamore trees in the lowlands.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

While Solomon ruled as king, there was as much silver in Jerusalem as stones! There was as much wood from cedar trees as there were fig trees that grew in the low hills in the west.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

King Solomon had so much silver that it was as common as rocks in Jerusalem. And he had so much cedar wood that it was as common as sycamore trees in the hill country.

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

And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

During his reign silver was as common in Jerusalem as stone, and cedar was as plentiful as ordinary sycamore in the foothills of Judah.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as fig trees in the foothills.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

So the king made silver in Jerusalem as abundant as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the lowlands of the Shephelah.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

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

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, while cedars became as numerous as the sycamores of the foothills.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones. He made cedar wood as common there as sycamore-fig trees in the western hills.

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills.

English NKJ 1982

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.

The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones. And valuable cedarwood was as common as the sycamore wood that grows in the foothills of Judah.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

The king made silver as common as rocks and cedar as common as the fig trees in the lowland hills.

English Tyndale 1537

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.