1 Kings 5:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.”
1 Kings 5:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 5:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 5:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.”
1 Kings 5:17 — World English Bible
1 Kings 5:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.”
1 Kings 5:17 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 5:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the king commandeth, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones;”
1 Kings 5:17 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 5:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house.”
1 Kings 5:17 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 5:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the King commanded them, and they brought great stones and costly stones to make the foundation of the house, euen hewed stones.”
1 Kings 5:17 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 5:17 in Context — 1 Kings 5
15 Salomon avait encore soixante-dix mille hommes qui portaient les fardeaux et quatre-vingt mille qui taillaient les pierres dans la montagne,
16 sans compter les chefs, au nombre de trois mille trois cents, préposés par Salomon sur les travaux et chargés de surveiller les ouvriers.
17 Le roi ordonna d’extraire de grandes et magnifiques pierres de taille pour les fondements de la maison.
18 Les ouvriers de Salomon, ceux de Hiram, et les Guibliens, les taillèrent, et ils préparèrent les bois et les pierres pour bâtir la maison.
What Does 1 Kings 5:17 Mean?
1 Kings 5:17 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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