1 Kings 6:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the house, while it was being built, was built with stone prepared before it was brought there; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was being built.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The house, when it was being built, was constructed of finished stone cut from the quarry, so that no hammer or axe or any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And whan ye house was buylded, it was buylded of whole and outbroken stones, so yt there was herde nether hammer ner axe, ner eny other instrument of yron, whan the house was a buyldinge.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And when the house was built, it was built of stone perfite, before it was brought, so that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any toole of yron heard in the house, while it was in building.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the house was built of stone, made perfect alredye before it was brought thyther: so that there was neither hammer nor axe, either any toole of iron heard in the house while it was in buylding.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the house, in its being built, of perfect stone brought `thither' hath been built, and hammer, and the axe -- any instrument of iron -- was not heard in the house, in its being built.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    (And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The house, when it was in building, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 27:5-6 : 5 And there you shall build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones: you shall not lift up any iron tool upon them. 6 You shall build the altar of the LORD your God of whole stones: and you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God:
  • 1 Kgs 5:17-18 : 17 And the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. 18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the stonecutters quarried them; so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
  • Prov 24:27 : 27 Prepare your work outside, and make it ready for yourself in the field; afterward build your house.
  • Isa 42:2 : 2 He shall not cry out, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
  • Acts 9:31 : 31 Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
  • Rom 9:23 : 23 And that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,
  • 2 Cor 5:5 : 5 Now he who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
  • Col 1:12 : 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, who has made us qualified to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
  • Jas 1:20 : 20 For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • Exod 20:25 : 25 And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 6:4-6
    3 verses
    81%

    4And for the house he made windows with narrow lights.

    5And against the wall of the house he built chambers all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made chambers all around.

    6The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide, and the third seven cubits wide; for he made narrowed rests all around outside of the house, so the beams would not be fastened into the walls of the house.

  • 1 Kgs 5:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17And the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

    18And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the stonecutters quarried them; so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
    77%

    6To carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and cut stone to repair the house.

  • 1 Kgs 6:14-19
    6 verses
    77%

    14So Solomon built the house and finished it.

    15And he built the walls of the house inside with cedar boards, from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling; he covered them on the inside with wood and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

    16And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with cedar boards; he even built it inside for the oracle, for the most holy place.

    17And the house, that is, the temple in front, was forty cubits long.

    18And the cedar inside the house was carved with gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen.

    19And the oracle he prepared in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 6:36-38
    3 verses
    76%

    36And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.

    37In the fourth year, the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the month of Zif:

    38And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its design. Thus he took seven years in building it.

  • 1 Kgs 6:8-10
    3 verses
    76%

    8The door for the middle chamber was on the right side of the house; and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and from the middle into the third.

    9So he built the house and finished it, and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

    10And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high, and they were supported by cedar timbers.

  • 1 Kgs 7:9-12
    4 verses
    75%

    9All these were made of costly stones, cut to size, sawed with saws, inside and out, from the foundation to the coping, and on the outside toward the great court.

    10And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

    11And above were costly stones, cut to size, and cedar.

    12And the great court all around was with three rows of cut stones and a row of cedar beams, for the inner court of the house of the LORD and for the porch of the house.

  • Ezra 6:4
    74%

    4With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber; and let the expenses be given from the king's treasury:

  • 2 Chr 34:11
    74%

    11Even to the craftsmen and builders they gave it, to buy hewn stone, timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

  • 1 Chr 22:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2And David commanded to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he appointed masons to cut hewn stones to build the house of God.

    3And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the fittings; and bronze in abundance beyond weight;

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    73%

    9To prepare me timber in abundance, for the house which I am about to build shall be exceedingly great.

  • 2 Kgs 12:12
    73%

    12and to masons and stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

  • 1 Chr 22:15
    73%

    15Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance, stone cutters and workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of skillful men for every kind of work.

  • 2 Sam 5:11
    72%

    11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

  • 2 Chr 8:16
    72%

    16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

  • 2 Chr 2:6
    72%

    6But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except only to burn sacrifice before him?

  • Hab 2:11
    71%

    11For the stone shall cry out from the wall, and the beam from the timber shall answer it.

  • 2 Chr 24:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also those who worked in iron and bronze to mend the house of the LORD.

    13So the workmen worked, and the work was completed by them, and they set the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.

  • 1 Kgs 6:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

    2And the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length was sixty cubits, and its width twenty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

  • 1 Kgs 6:30
    71%

    30And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside.

  • 1 Chr 29:2
    71%

    2Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the bronze for things of bronze, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistening stones, and of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

  • Hag 1:8
    71%

    8Go up to the mountains, bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.

  • Exod 31:5
    70%

    5And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of craftsmanship.

  • Ezek 41:6
    70%

    6And the side chambers were three, one above another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall of the house for the side chambers all around, that they might have hold, but they did not hold in the wall of the house.

  • Amos 6:11
    70%

    11For behold, the LORD commands, and He will strike the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

  • Ps 74:6
    70%

    6But now they break down the carved work of it at once with axes and hammers.

  • Ezek 42:6
    70%

    6For they were in three stories, but did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was constrained more than the lowest and the middle from the ground.

  • 2 Chr 3:3
    70%

    3Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits according to the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.

  • 1 Kgs 7:6
    70%

    6And he made a porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its width thirty cubits. The porch was in front of them, and the other pillars and the thick beam were in front of them.

  • Ezek 41:8
    70%

    8I also saw the height of the house all around: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

  • 2 Chr 6:18
    70%

    18But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house which I have built!