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 Prepare your work outside, get everything ready for you in the field; and after that build your house. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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.
Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds;
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;