KI1 5:31 — alternate verse numbering

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Original KI1 5:31: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And the king commanded, and they removed great stones, valuable stones, to found the house, stones of hewing.

UST The stone workers did what King Solomon had ordered them to do. They cut huge blocks of stone from quarries. They made sure that the stone in the blocks was solid. They trimmed the blocks to make them smooth and straight. That way the blocks could be the foundation of the temple.

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

OEB No OEB KI1 5:17 book available

WEBBE & WMBB The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.

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

LSV And the king commands, and they bring great stones, precious stones, [and] hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house;

FBV Following the king's orders, they quarried large blocks of stone that were expensive to produce, and laid these dressed stones as the foundation for the Temple.

T4T The king also commanded his workers to cut huge blocks of stones from the quarries and to smooth the sides of the stones. Those huge stones were for the foundation of the temple.

LEB When the king commanded, they quarried great stones and precious stones to lay the foundation of the house with hewn stones.

BBE By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

Moff No Moff KI1 5:17 book available

JPS No JPS KI1 5:31 verse available

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

DRA And the king commanded, that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them:

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

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

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

SLT The king will command and they will remove great stones, precious stones; to set the house, cut stones.

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

KJB-1769 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

KJB-1611 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And the king commaunded them to bring great stones, costly stones, & hewed stones, for the foundatio of the house.
(And the king commanded them to bring great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, for the foundation of the house.)

Gnva And the King commanded them, and they brought great stones and costly stones to make the foundation of the house, euen hewed stones.
(And the King commanded them, and they brought great stones and costly stones to make the foundation of the house, even hewed stones.)

Cvdl And ye kynge commaunded, that they shulde breake out greate and costly stones, namely frestone, for the foundacion of the house.
(And ye/you_all king commanded, that they should break out great and costly stones, namely freestone, for the foundation of the house.)

Wycl And the kyng comaundide, that thei schulden take greete stonys, `and preciouse stonys, in to the foundement of the temple, and that thei schulden make tho square;
(And the king commanded, that they should take greet stones, and precious stones, in to the foundation of the temple, and that they should make those square;)

Luth (KI1 5:31) Und der König gebot, daß sie große und köstliche Steine ausbrächen, nämlich gehauene Steine zum Grund des Hauses.
(And the/of_the king commanded, that they/she/them large and delicious stones would_break_out, namely hacked stones for_the reason(n) the houses(n).)

ClVg Præcepitque rex ut tollerent lapides grandes, lapides pretiosos in fundamentum templi, et quadrarent eos:[fn]
(And_he_commanded king as they_would_take_away stones big, stones precious in/into/on foundation temple, and they_would_square_up them:)

5.17 Præcepitque rex ut tollerent. BEDA, ibid. Ad ædificandum domum Domini primo ligna et lapides de monte cæduntur, etc., usque ad unde: Superædificati super fundamentum apostolorum et prophetarum Ephes. 2.. Lapides grandes. BEDA, ibid., cap. 4. Vel lapides pretiosi, grandes, quadrati, primi sunt magistri, qui ab ipso Domino audiere verbum salutis. Superpositi vero ordines lapidum vel lignorum sequentes sacerdotes vel doctores, quorum prædicatione crescit Ecclesia et ornatur virtutibus. RAB. ex Bed. Quali autem colore fuerunt lapides, etc., usque ad marmor candidum ex quo constructa est domus electorum, actionem mundam et conscientiam ab omni nævo corruptionis castigatam significat; unde: Mundemus nos ab omni inquinamento, etc. II Cor. 7.. In fundamentum templi. BEDA, ibid. Fundamentum est Christus, etc., usque ad ut abjectis verbis, factis cogitationibusque supervacuis, ad portandum onus Ecclesiæ digni fiant.

5.17 And_he_commanded king as they_would_take_away. BEDA, there. To to_be_built house/home Master at_first wood and stones from/about mountain they_are_cut_down, etc., until to from_where/who: Built_upon over foundation of_the_apostles and of_the_prophets Ephes. 2.. Stones big. BEDA, there., chapter. 4. Or stones most_precious, big, squared, first are teachers, who/which away himself Master you_will_be_heard the_word/saying health. Placed_on_top indeed/however in_orders stones or of_wood following priests or teachers, whose preaching grows Assembly/Church and is_equipped virtues. RAB. from Bed. Of_whatever_kind however colour they_were stones, etc., until to marble white from where built it_is home of_the_elect, action clean and conscience away all mole corruption chastised means; from_where/who: We_may_clean us away all impurity, etc. II Cor. 7.. In foundation temple. BEDA, there. Foundation it_is Christ/Messiah, etc., until to as rejected with_words, deeds/activities and_thoughts superfluous, to to_carry burden/load Assemblies/Churches worthy be_done.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-tense

וַ⁠יְצַ֣ו הַ⁠מֶּ֡לֶךְ וַ⁠יַּסִּעוּ֩

and=he/it_commanded (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_commanded the=king and,they_quarried stones great stones costly to,found the,house stones_of dressed )

The author is explaining in more detail what the quarriers did whom he describes in 5:15. You may be able to use a form of a verb in your language that makes clear that the author is not describing something that Solomon commanded after he put these 80,000 men to work. Alternate translation: [As the king had commanded, the quarriers removed]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֲבָנִ֧ים יְקָר֛וֹת

stones costly

By valuable stones, the author means stones that had been carefully chosen and skillfully prepared for use in the temple foundation. He does not necessarily mean that they were precious stones such as marble or porphyry. The surviving portions of Solomon’s temple indicate that it was built of limestone blocks. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [high-quality limestone blocks]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

אַבְנֵ֥י גָזִֽית

stones_of dressed

The author is using the possessive form to describe stones that were characterized by hewing. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [stones that they cut into shape]

About verse numbering: KI1 5:31

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About verse numbering: KI1 5:31

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