And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
Parallel translations
- WEB He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship;
- BSB And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,
- NKJV and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowledge and all manner of workmanship,
- NASB And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all craftsmanship;
- NLT The Lord has filled Bezalel with the Spirit of God, giving him great wisdom, ability, and expertise in all kinds of crafts.
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God fills Bezalel with His Spirit, giving him wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and all craftsmanship.
Overview
Bezalel's artistic skill is explicitly attributed to the Spirit of God, one of the first such fillings recorded in Scripture. This teaches that even practical and creative abilities are gifts of God's Spirit for His glory. It foreshadows how the Spirit equips God's people with diverse gifts to build His true dwelling, the church (1 Corinthians 12:4-11).
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- Jas 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
- Isa 11:2–5And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
- Isa 61:1–3The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
- 2 Chr 2:14The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
- Col 2:3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
- Isa 28:26For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
- 1 Cor 12:4–10Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
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