2 Chronicles 2:18 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Chronicles 2:18 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 →
וַיַּ֨עַשׂ
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
מֵהֶ֜ם
שִׁבְעִ֥ים
shibʻîym
H7657
seventy
אֶ֨לֶף֙
ʼeleph
H505
thousand
סַבָּ֔ל
çabbâl
H5449
bearer
וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים
shᵉmônîym
H8084
eighty
אֶ֖לֶף
ʼeleph
H505
thousand
חֹצֵ֣ב
châtsab
H2672
to hew
בָּהָ֑ר
har
H2022
mountain
וּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת
shâlôwsh
H7969
three
אֲלָפִים֙
ʼeleph
H505
thousand
וְשֵׁ֣שׁ
shêsh
H8337
six
מֵא֔וֹת
mêʼâh
H3967
hundred
מְנַצְּחִ֖ים
nâtsach
H5329
to excel
לְהַעֲבִ֥יד
ʻâbad
H5647
to serve
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
הָעָֽם
ʻam
H5971
people
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World English Bible Public Domain
He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
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King James Version Public Domain
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he made from them 70,000 burden bearers, 80,000 stonemasons in the hills, and 3,600 directors to cause the people to work.
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