Exodus 35 · Verse 26

Exodus 35:26

And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.
Exodus 35:26, King James Version

Exodus 35:26 in other translations

BSBAnd all the skilled women whose hearts were stirred spun the goat hair.
WEBAll the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair.
ASVAnd all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair.
YLTand all the women whose heart hath lifted them up in wisdom, have spun the goats' hair.
DARBYAnd all the women whose heart moved them in wisdom spun goats' hair.
BBEAnd those women who had the knowledge, made the goats' hair into cloth.
WebsterAnd all the women whose heart moved them in wisdom spun goats' hair.

What does Exodus 35:26 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 35:20-29

Without a willing mind, costly offerings would be abhorred; with it, the smallest will be accepted. Our hearts are willing, when we cheerfully assist in promoting the cause of God. Those who are diligent and contented in employments considered mean, are as much accepted of God as those engaged in splendid services. The women who spun the goats' hair were wise-hearted, because they did it heartily to the Lord. Thus…

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Exodus 35:26 in the original Hebrew

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וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הַ֨נָּשִׁ֔יםha.na.Shimthe womenH802
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhomH834
נָשָׂ֥אna.Sa'it liftedH5375
לִבָּ֛ןli.Banheart theirH3820
אֹתָ֖נָה'o.Ta.nah<obj.> themH853
בְּחָכְמָ֑הbe.cha.khe.Mahwith skillH2451
טָו֖וּta.Vuthey spunH2901
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעִזִּֽים\׃ha.'i.Zimthe goat hair<s>H5795

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Cross references for Exodus 35:26

  • Exodus 35:21

    And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the Lord’s offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.

  • Exodus 36:8

    And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.

  • Exodus 35:29

    The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.

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21,29; 36:8

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Context

  • Exodus 35:25

    And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.

  • Exodus 35:26

    And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.

  • Exodus 35:27

    And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;

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Exodus 35:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y todas las mujeres cuyo corazón las levantó en sabiduría, hilaron pelos de cabras.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et toutes les femmes habiles que leur cœur y porta filèrent du poil de chèvre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und alle verständigen Weiber, die ihr Herz trieb, spannen das Ziegenhaar.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et pilos caprarum, sponte propria cuncta tribuentes.