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2 Chronicles 2:9
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KJ21
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall 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.
AMP
to prepare for me an abundance of timber, because the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
AMPC
To prepare for me timber in abundance, for the house I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
BRG
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
CSB
to prepare logs for me in abundance because the temple I am building will be great and wondrous.
CSBA
to prepare logs for me in abundance because the temple I am building will be great and wondrous.
CEB
to prepare plenty of timber for me, because the temple that I am about to build will be magnificent and amazing.
CJB
I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, 100,000 bushels of cracked wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 100,000 gallons of wine, and 100,000 gallons of olive oil.”
CEV
because I'll need a lot of lumber to build such a large and glorious temple.
DARBY
even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and wonderful.
DRA
To provide me timber in abundance. For the house which I desire to build, is to be exceeding great, and glorious.
ERV
I will need lots of wood because the Temple I am building will be very large and beautiful.
EASY
I will need you to send me a lot of wood because I am ready to build a large and beautiful temple.
EHV
to prepare lumber for me in abundance because the house which I am building will be great and wonderful.
ESV
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
ESVUK
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
EXB
Send me a ·lot [vast amount] of wood, because the ·temple [L house] I am going to build will be large and ·wonderful [magnificent].
GNV
That they may prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I do build, is great and wonderful.
GW
They’ll prepare plenty of lumber for me, because the temple I want to build will be large and astonishing.
GNT
in preparing large quantities of timber, because this temple I intend to build will be large and magnificent.
HCSB
to prepare logs for me in abundance because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.
ICB
Send me a lot of wood. The temple I am going to build will be large and wonderful.
ISV
to prepare an abundant amount of timber for me, because the Temple that I’m building is to be great and awesome.
JUB
to prepare me timber in abundance, for the house which I am about to build shall 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.
AKJV
even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
LSB
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
LEB
to prepare trees in abundance for me, for the house that I am building will be great and wonderful.
TLB
An immense amount of lumber will be needed, for the temple I am going to build will be large and incredibly beautiful.
MSG
“The house I am building has to be the best, for our God is the best, far better than competing gods. But who is capable of building such a structure? Why, the skies—the entire cosmos!—can’t begin to contain him. And me, who am I to think I can build a house adequate for God—burning incense to him is about all I’m good for! I need your help: Send me a master artisan in gold, silver, bronze, iron, textiles of purple, crimson, and violet, and who knows the craft of engraving; he will supervise the trained craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem that my father provided. Also send cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon; I know you have lumberjacks experienced in the Lebanon forests. I’ll send workers to join your crews to cut plenty of timber—I’m going to need a lot, for this house I’m building is going to be absolutely stunning—a showcase temple! I’ll provide all the food necessary for your crew of lumberjacks and loggers: 130,000 bushels of wheat, 120,000 gallons of wine, and 120,000 gallons of olive oil.”
MEV
to prepare an abundance of timber for me, because the temple that I will build will be great and marvelous.
NOG
They’ll prepare plenty of lumber for me, because the temple I want to build will be large and astonishing.
NABRE
I will furnish as food for your servants, the woodcutters, twenty thousand kors of wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”
NASB
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
NASB1995
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
NCB
in order to prepare for me a vast quantity of timber, for the house that I intend to build will be great in size and a marvel to behold.
NCV
Send me a lot of wood, because the temple I am going to build will be large and wonderful.
NET
to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.
NIRV
They’ll provide me with plenty of lumber. That’s because the temple I’m building must be large and beautiful.
NIV
to provide me with plenty of lumber, because the temple I build must be large and magnificent.
NIVUK
to provide me with plenty of timber, because the temple I build must be large and magnificent.
NKJV
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the temple which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
NLV
to cut many trees for me. For the house I am about to build will be very great and beautiful.
NLT
An immense amount of timber will be needed, for the Temple I am going to build will be very large and magnificent.
NRSVA
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
NRSVACE
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
NRSVCE
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
NRSVUE
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
OJB
Even to provide me lumber in abundance, for the Bais which I am about to build shall be gadol v’hafeleh (great and magnificent).
RGT
“so that they may prepare timber for me in abundance. For the House which I shall build is great and wonderful.
RSV
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
RSVCE
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
TLV
Now, behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,000 measures of ground wheat, 20,000 measures of barley, 20,000 vats of wine and 20,000 vats of oil.”
VOICE
to prepare an abundance of timber for me to use in the temple, which will be great and wonderful.
WEB
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
WYC
that full many trees be made ready to me (so that a great deal of timber can be prepared for me); for the house which I covet to build is full great and noble.
YLT
even to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building [is] great and wonderful.
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