KJV King James Version
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and [it is] cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
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Jeremiah 22:14
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and [it is] cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.
WEB World English Bible
who says, I will build me a wide house and spacious rooms, and cuts him out windows; and it is ceiling with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
ASV American Standard Version
that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Who is saying, ‘I build for myself a large house, And airy upper chambers,’ And he hath cut out for himself its windows, Ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 22
11 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
14 That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and [it is] cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest [thyself] in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, [and] then [it was] well with him?
16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD.
17 But thine eyes and thine heart [are] not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do [it].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הָאֹמֵ֗רH559 · a.marto sayאֶבְנֶה־H1129 · ba.nahto buildלִּי֙H9030 · nimeבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceמִדּ֔וֹתH4060 · mid.dahmeasureוַעֲלִיּ֖וֹתH5944 · a.liy.yahupper roomמְרֻוָּחִ֑יםH7304 · ra.vachbe wideוְקָ֤רַֽעH7167 · qa.rato tearלוֹ֙H9033 · ohimחַלּוֹנָ֔יH2474 · chal.lonwindowוְסָפ֣וּןH5603 · sa.phanto coverבָּאָ֔רֶזH730 · e.rezcedarוּמָשׁ֖וֹחַH4886 · ma.shachto anointבַּשָּׁשַֽׁר׃H8350 · sha.sharvermilion
Cross-references
2 Samuel 7:2That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.Haggai 1:4[Is it] time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house [lie] waste?Isaiah 5:8-9Woe unto them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there be] no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!2 Chronicles 3:5And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.Malachi 1:4Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.Luke 14:28-29For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have [sufficient] to finish [it]?Isaiah 9:9And all the people shall know, [even] Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,Daniel 4:30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?Song of Solomon 1:17The beams of our house [are] cedar, [and] our rafters of fir.Proverbs 24:27Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.Proverbs 17:19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
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