7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stones hewed and made ready: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building.


In Context

4 And he made in the temple oblique windows.

5 And upon the wall of the temple he built floors round about, in the walls of the house round about the temple and the oracle, and he made sides round about.

6 The floor that was underneath, was five cubits in breadth, and the middle floor was six cubits in breadth, and the third door was seven cubits in breadth. And he put beams in the house round about on the outside, that they might not be fastened in the walls of the temple.

7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stones hewed and made ready: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building.

8 The door for the middle side was on the right hand of the house : and by winding stairs they went up to the middle room, and from the middle to the third.

9 So he built the house, and finished it: end he covered the house with roofs of cedar.

1 Kings 6:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:7In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7And the house, when it was being built, was built of stone entirely made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was being built.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry: and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7The house, when it was in building, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7And the house, in its being built, of perfect stone brought thither hath been built, and hammer, and the axe — any instrument of iron — was not heard in the house, in its being built.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.