No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moreover they didn’t demand an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to give to those who did the work; for they dealt faithfully.
- KJV Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
- NKJV Moreover they did not require an account from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be paid to workmen, for they dealt faithfully.
- NASB Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hands they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, because they acted faithfully.
- NLT No accounting of this money was required from the construction supervisors, because they were honest and trustworthy men.
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Quick answer
No accounting was demanded from the overseers because they acted with integrity. Trustworthy character made strict auditing unnecessary.
Overview
The men handling the money dealt so faithfully that audits were not required. Their integrity is held up as exemplary in the management of God's house. This commendation of trustworthiness illustrates the biblical value placed on faithfulness in stewardship, a quality God prizes in His servants.
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Cross-references · 8
- 2 Kgs 22:7But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity.”
- 3 Jn 1:5Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.
- 2 Chr 34:12And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,
- Luke 16:1Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
- Luke 16:10–11Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
- Matt 24:45Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?
- Neh 7:2Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
- 1 Cor 4:2–3Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
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