Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
Parallel translations
- WEB However there was no accounting made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.”
- BSB But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity.”
- NKJV However there need be no accounting made with them of the money delivered into their hand, because they deal faithfully.”
- NASB However, no accounting shall be made with them for the money handed over to them, because they deal honestly.”
- NLT But don’t require the construction supervisors to keep account of the money they receive, for they are honest and trustworthy men.”
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Quick answer
No accounting was required of the workers because they dealt faithfully. Their honesty made oversight unnecessary.
Overview
The narrator notes that the workmen were so trustworthy that no audit of the funds was needed. Their faithful dealing reflects the integrity that should mark God's servants. This brief commendation of honest labor illustrates the kind of faithfulness God values, a quality fully embodied in Christ, the faithful and true.
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- 2 Kgs 12:15Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
- 1 Cor 4:2Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
- Prov 28:20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
- 2 Chr 24:14And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
- 2 Cor 8:20–21Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:
- Luke 16:10–12He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
- Neh 7:2That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
- Exod 36:5–6And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
- 2 Tim 2:2And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
- 3 Jn 1:5Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
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