When the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry; so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple, while it was being built.
Proverbs 24:27 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Prepare your work outside, get everything ready for you in the field; and after that build your house. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Prepare thy work without, And make it fit for thyself in the field; And afterwards build thine house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Put first things first.] Prepare your work outside and get it ready for yourself in the field; and afterward build your house and establish a home. American Standard Version (1901) Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house. Common English Bible Get your outside work done; make preparations in the field; then you can build your house. Catholic Public Domain Version Prepare your outdoor work, and diligently cultivate your field, so that afterward, you may build your house. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house. |
When the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry; so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple, while it was being built.
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;