2 Chronicles 2 · Verse 9

2 Chronicles 2:9

Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
2 Chronicles 2:9, King James Version

2 Chronicles 2:9 in other translations

BSBto prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.
WEBeven to prepare timber in abundance for me; for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
ASVeven to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
YLTeven to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building is great and wonderful.
DARBYeven to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and wonderful.
BBETo get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.
WebsterEven to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderfully great.

2 Chronicles 2:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּלְהָכִ֥יןu.le.ha.Khinand to prepareH3559
לִ֛יlifor me
עֵצִ֖ים'e.Tzimwood<s>H6086
לָרֹ֑בla.Roto abundanceH7230
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
הַבַּ֛יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
בוֹנֶ֖הvo.Neh[am] about to buildH1129
גָּד֥וֹלga.Dol[will be] greatH1419
וְהַפְלֵֽא\׃ve.haf.Le'and act wonderfullyH6381

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 2:9

  • 2 Chronicles 7:21

    And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

  • 1 Kings 9:8

    And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

  • 2 Chronicles 2:5

    And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
wonderful great. Heb. great and wonderful.
5; 7:21; 1Ki 9:8

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 2:8

    Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

  • 2 Chronicles 2:9

    Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.

  • 2 Chronicles 2:10

    And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

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2 Chronicles 2:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Para que me apresten mucha madera, porque la casa que tengo de edificar ha de ser grande y portentosa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et voici, je donnerai à tes serviteurs, les coupeurs, qui abattront les bois, 20 000 cors de froment battu, et 20 000 cors d’orge, et 20 000 baths de vin, et 20 000 baths d’huile.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und man möge mir Holz bereiten in Menge; denn das Haus, das ich bauen will, soll groß und außerordentlich sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ut parentur mihi ligna plurima. Domus enim quam cupio ædificare, magna est nimis, et inclyta.