and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowledge and 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;
- KJV And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
- BSB And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,
- 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).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Jas 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
- Isa 11:2–5Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.
- Isa 61:1–3The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;
- 2 Chr 2:14the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, in timber, and in purple, in blue, in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any kind of engraving and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
- Col 2:3in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
- Isa 28:26For his God instructs him in right judgment, and teaches him.
- 1 Cor 12:4–10Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
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