Of the gold, silver, bronze, and iron there is no limit. Arise and work, and may the Lord be with you.”
Parallel translations
- WEB of the gold, the silver, the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and may Yahweh be with you.”
- KJV Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
- BSB in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
- NKJV Of gold and silver and bronze and iron there is no limit. Arise and begin working, and the Lord be with you.”
- NLT You have expert goldsmiths and silversmiths and workers of bronze and iron. Now begin the work, and may the Lord be with you!”
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With countless gold, silver, bronze, and iron at hand, David charged Solomon to arise, get to work, and trust the LORD's presence. He summoned his son to active, faith-filled obedience.
Overview
David concluded his charge with a stirring call to action grounded in God's accompanying presence. The phrase arise and be doing combines diligent effort with reliance on the LORD. This balance of human responsibility and divine help characterizes all faithful service, encouraging God's people to labor wholeheartedly while trusting that God is with them.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Eph 5:14Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
- 1 Chr 22:11Now, my son, may Yahweh be with you and prosper you, and build the house of Yahweh your God, as he has spoken concerning you.
- Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
- 1 Cor 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
- Phil 2:12–13So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
- Josh 7:10Yahweh said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face like that?
- Josh 1:9Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Josh 1:5No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.
- 1 Chr 22:14Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for Yahweh’s house one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may add to them.
- 1 Sam 17:37David said, “Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go! Yahweh will be with you.”
- Josh 1:2“Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go across this Jordan, you, and all these people, to the land which I am giving to them, even to the children of Israel.
- Judg 4:14Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
- Judg 18:9–10They said, “Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand still? Don’t be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.
- 1 Chr 22:3David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;
- 1 Sam 20:13Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don’t disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace. May Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.
- 2 Chr 20:17You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’”
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