Exodus 31 · Verse 4

Exodus 31:4

To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
Exodus 31:4, King James Version

Exodus 31:4 in other translations

BSBto design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,
WEBto devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze,
ASVto devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
YLTto devise devices to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
DARBYto devise artistic work — to work in gold, and in silver, and in copper,
BBETo do all sorts of delicate work in gold and silver and brass;
WebsterTo devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

What does Exodus 31:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 31:3-5

3-5. I have filled him with the spirit of God--It is probable that he was naturally endowed with a mechanical genius, and had acquired in Egypt great knowledge and skill in the useful, as well as liberal, arts so as to be a first-class artisan, competent to take charge of both the plain and ornamental work, which the building of the sacred edifice required. When God has any special work to be accomplished, He always…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Cunning works - מחשבת machashaboth, works of invention or genius, in the goldsmith and silversmith line.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 31:1-11

The Israelites, who had been masons and bricklayers in Egypt, were not qualified for curious workmanship; but the Spirit who gave the apostles utterance in divers tongues, miraculously gave Bezaleel and Aholiab the skill that was wanting. The honour which comes from God, is always attended with a work to be done; to be employed for God is high honour. Those whom God calls to any service, he will find or make fit for…

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Exodus 31:4 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.

לַחְשֹׁ֖בlach.Shoto designH2803
מַחֲשָׁבֹ֑תma.cha.sha.VotdesignsH4284
לַעֲשׂ֛וֹתla.'a.Sotto workH6213
בַּזָּהָ֥בba.za.Havin <the> goldH2091
וּבַכֶּ֖סֶףu.va.Ke.sefand in <the> silverH3701
וּבַנְּחֹֽשֶׁת\׃u.va.ne.Cho.shetand in <the> bronzeH5178

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

Cross references for Exodus 31:4

  • 2 Chronicles 2:7

    Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

  • 1 Kings 7:14

    He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

  • Exodus 26:1

    Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.

  • 2 Chronicles 2:13-14

    And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s, The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.

  • Exodus 25:32-35

    And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

  • Exodus 28:15

    And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
25:32-35; 26:1; 28:15; 1Ki 7:14; 2Ch 2:7,13,14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 31:3

    And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

  • Exodus 31:4

    To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

  • Exodus 31:5

    And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.

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Exodus 31:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Para inventar diseños, para trabajar en oro, y en plata, y en metal,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
pour faire des inventions: pour travailler en or, et en argent, et en airain;
German
Elberfelder 1871
um Künstliches zu ersinnen, zu arbeiten in Gold und in Silber und in Erz,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ad excogitandum quidquid fabrefieri potest ex auro, et argento, et ære,