1 Kings 5:6 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Kings 5:6 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְעַתָּ֡ה
ʻattâh
H6258
now
צַוֵּה֩
tsâvâh
H6680
to command
וְיִכְרְתוּ
kârath
H3772
to cut
לִ֨י
אֲרָזִ֜ים
ʼerez
H730
cedar
מִן
min
H4480
from
הַלְּבָנ֗וֹן
Lᵉbânôwn
H3844
Lebanon
וַֽעֲבָדַי֙
ʻebed
H5650
servant
יִהְי֣וּ
hâyâh
H1961
to be
עִם
ʻim
H5973
with
עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ
ʻebed
H5650
servant
וּשְׂכַ֤ר
sâkâr
H7939
wages
עֲבָדֶ֨יךָ֙
ʻebed
H5650
servant
אֶתֵּ֣ן
nâthan
H5414
to give
לְךָ֔
כְּכֹ֖ל
kôl
H3605
all
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
תֹּאמֵ֑ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
אַתָּ֣ה
ʼattâh
H859
you
יָדַ֗עְתָּ
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
אֵ֥ין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
בָּ֛נוּ
אִ֛ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
יֹדֵ֥עַ
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
לִכְרָת
kârath
H3772
to cut
עֵצִ֖ים
ʻêts
H6086
tree
כַּצִּדֹנִֽים
Tsîydônîy
H6722
Sidonians
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World English Bible Public Domain
Now therefore command you that they cut me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with your servants; and I will give you hire for your servants according to all that you shall say: for you know that there is not among us any who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.
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King James Version Public Domain
Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And now, command, and may they cut for me cedars from Lebanon, and may my servants be with your servants, and I will give to you the wage of your servants according to all that you say. For you, you know that no man among us knowing to cut trees like the Sidonians.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).