2 Chronicles 2:9

In 11 translations

BSB

to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.

KJV

Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.wonderful…: Heb. great and wonderful

WEB

even to prepare timber in abundance for me; for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.

ASV

even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.

LSV

even to prepare trees in abundance for me, for the house that I am building [is] great and wonderful.

YLT

even to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building [is] great and wonderful.

DBY

even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and wonderful.

DRC

To provide me timber in abundance. For the house which I desire to build, is to be exceeding great, and glorious.

GNV

That they may prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I doe buylde, is great and wonderfull.

JPS2:8

even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.

LXXE2:8

to prepare timber for me in abundance: for the house which I am building must be great and glorious.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC2:8

וּלְהָכִ֥ין לִ֛י עֵצִ֖ים לָרֹ֑ב כִּ֥י הַבַּ֛יִת אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥י בוֹנֶ֖ה גָּד֥וֹל וְהַפְלֵֽא׃KJV:2Chr.2.9

LXX-Br2:8

πορεύσονται ἑτοιμάσαι μοι ξύλα εἰς πλῆθος, ὅτι ὁ οἶκος ὃν ἐγὼ οἰκοδομῶ μέγας καὶ ἔνδοξος.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 2 Chronicles 2:5The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
• 2 Chronicles 7:21And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
• 1 Kings 9:8And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

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