2 Chronicles 9:21 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Chronicles 9:21 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 →
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
אֳנִיּ֤וֹת
ʼŏnîyâh
H591
ship
לַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙
melek
H4428
king
הֹלְכ֣וֹת
hâlak
H1980
to walk
תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ
Tarshîysh
H8659
Tarshish
עִ֖ם
ʻim
H5973
with
עַבְדֵ֣י
ʻebed
H5650
servant
חוּרָ֑ם
Chûwrâm
H2361
Huram
אַחַת֩
ʼechâd
H259
one
לְשָׁל֨וֹשׁ
shâlôwsh
H7969
three
שָׁנִ֜ים
shâneh
H8141
year
תָּב֣וֹאנָה
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֳנִיּ֣וֹת
ʼŏnîyâh
H591
ship
תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁ
Tarshîysh
H8659
Tarshish
נֹֽשְׂאוֹת֙
nâsâʼ
H5375
to lift
זָהָ֣ב
zâhâb
H2091
gold
וָכֶ֔סֶף
keçeph
H3701
silver
שֶׁנְהַבִּ֥ים
shenhabbîym
H8143
ivory
וְקוֹפִ֖ים
qôwph
H6971
ape
וְתוּכִּיִּֽים
tukkîy
H8500
peacock
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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King James Version Public Domain
For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For the ships belonging to the king went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish would come carrying gold and silver, ivories, and apes and baboons.
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