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Exodus 31:4

To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

KJV

ad excogitandum quidquid fabrefieri potest ex auro, et argento, et ære,

Vulgate

διανοεῖσθαι καὶ ἀρχιτεκτονῆσαι, ἐργάζεσθαι τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸν χαλκόν, καὶ τὴν ὑάκινθον καὶ τὴν πορφύραν καὶ τὸ κόκκινον τὸ νηστόν,

LXX

to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

ASV

לַ/חְשֹׁ֖ב מַחֲשָׁבֹ֑ת לַ/עֲשׂ֛וֹת בַּ/זָּהָ֥ב וּ/בַ/כֶּ֖סֶף וּ/בַ/נְּחֹֽשֶׁת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

זָהָ֖ב
zhb
noun · 388×
חָשַׁ֖ב
chshb
verb · 123×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כֶּ֣סֶף
ksp
noun · 402×
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת
mchshbvt
noun · 56×
נְחֹֽשֶׁת
nchsht
noun · 140×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 26:15 — And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously h