1 Kings 6:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁷ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ When the house was being built, its stone was made ready at the quarry, and no hammer, ax, or tool of iron was heard in the house while it was in building.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ When the temple was built, they did all the stonecutting at the quarry. No hammers, axes, or any iron tools were heard in the temple during its construction.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Now the house, while it was being built, was made from cut and finished stones. And so, neither mallet, nor chisel, nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And the house, when it was in building, was built of stones hewed and made ready: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building.

1 Kings 6:7 Cross References

1 Kings 6:6

The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for on the outside he made rebatements in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house.

1 Kings 6:8

The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle chambers, and out of the middle into the third.

Exodus 20:25

And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thine house.

Isaiah 42:2

He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

Acts 9:31

So the church throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified; and, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, was multiplied.

Romans 9:23

and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,

2 Corinthians 5:5

Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

Colossians 1:12

giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

James 1:20

for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

1 Peter 2:5

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.