1 Kings 5:6

Now therefore command that cedar trees be cut for me out of Lebanon. My servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say. For you know that there is nobody among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”

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WEBBE

Now therefore command that cedar trees be cut for me out of Lebanon. My servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say. For you know that there is nobody amongst us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”

BSB

Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”

KJV

Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

ASV

Now therefore command thou that they cut me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that knoweth how to cut timber like unto the Sidonians.

BBE

So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.

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וְעַתָּה ve·'a·tah and therefore H6258 צַוֵּה tza·veh command H6680 וְיִכְרְתוּ־ ve·yikh·re·tu- so they may cut H3772 לִי li for (the) me H9030 אֲרָזִים 'a·ra·zim cedars H730 מִן־ min- from H4480 הַלְּבָנוֹן ha·le·va·non (the) Lebanon H3844 וַעֲבָדַי va·'a·va·dai and servants my H5650 יִהְיוּ yih·yu they will be H1961 עִם־ 'im- with H5973 עֲבָדֶיךָ 'a·va·dei·kha servants your H5650 וּשְׂכַר u·se·khar and [the] wage[s] of H7939 עֲבָדֶיךָ 'a·va·dei·kha servants your H5650 אֶתֵּן 'e·ten I will give H5414 לְךָ le·kha to (the) you H9031 כְּכֹל ke·khol according to all H3605 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher that H834 תֹּאמֵר to·mer you will say H559 כִּי ki for H3588 אַתָּה 'a·tah you H859 יָדַעְתָּ ya·da'·ta you know H3045 כִּי ki that H3588 אֵין 'ein there not H369 בָּנוּ ba·nu among (the) us H9035 אִישׁ 'ish [is] anyone H376 יֹדֵעַ yo·de·a' [who] knows H3045 לִכְרָת־ likh·rot- to cut H3772 עֵצִים 'e·tzim wood(s) H6086 כַּצִּדֹנִים ka·tzi·do·nim like the Sidonians H6722

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–9

Here is Solomon's design to build a temple. There is no adversary, no Satan, so the word is; no instrument of Satan to oppose it, or to divert from it. Satan does all he can, to hinder temple work. When there is no evil abroad, then let us be ready and active in that which is good, and get forward. Let God's promises quicken our endeavours. And all outward skill and advantages should be made serviceable to the interests of Christ's kingdom.--If Tyre supplies Israel with craftsmen, Israel will supply Tyre with corn, Eze 27:17. Thus, by the wise disposal of Providence, one country has need of another, and is benefitted by another, that there may be dependence on one another, to the glory of God.

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Lebanon

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