Then the king issued orders, and they quarried large stones, valuable stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.

王下令，人就凿出又大又宝贵的石头来，用以立殿的根基。

王下令，他们就凿出又大又贵重的石头来，用以立殿的根基。

王下令，他们就凿出又大又贵重的石头来，用以立殿的根基。

他们按照王的命令在山上凿出珍贵的巨石，用来作殿的根基。

王下令，人就开凿出又大又贵重的石头，用凿好的石头作殿的地基。

王下令，人就鑿出又大又寶貴的石頭來，用以立殿的根基。

王下令，他們就鑿出又大又貴重的石頭來，用以立殿的根基。

王下令，他們就鑿出又大又貴重的石頭來，用以立殿的根基。

他們按照王的命令在山上鑿出珍貴的巨石，用來作殿的根基。

王下令，人就開鑿出又大又貴重的石頭，用鑿好的石頭作殿的地基。

王吩咐人開出大石頭和寶貴的石頭來，用砍削好了的石頭做殿的根基。

王命人鑿大而且貴之石、以立室基、

王令人雕石、大而美者、舁之以築殿基、

王命工人、運鑿成之大石、貴而美者以築殿基、

At the king’s command they removed from the quarry large blocks of high- grade stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.

The people did what the king commanded. They removed large blocks of the best quality stone from a rock pit. They used them to provide a foundation for the temple.

At the king’s command they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.

At the king’s command, they quarried large blocks of high quality stone and shaped them to make the foundation of the Temple.

The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

And the king commanded them to quarry large stones, costly stones, and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the temple.

And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.

The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones,[ and] hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.

The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.

The house, while it was being built, was built of stone finished at the quarry, and neither hammer, nor axe, nor any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built.

So David gave orders to gather the strangers who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to cut out stones to build the house of God.

For no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

All of these were made of valuable stones, of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside; even from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the large courtyard.

Therefore this is what the Lord God says:“ Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested stone, A precious cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. The one who believes in it will not be disturbed.

And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, twelve thousand stadia; its length, width, and height are equal.And he measured its wall, 144 cubits, by human measurements, which are also angelic measurements.The material of the wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.The foundation stones of the city wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

For this is contained in Scripture:“ Behold, I am laying in Zion a choice stone, a precious cornerstone, And the one who believes in Him will not be put to shame.”This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for unbelievers,“ A stone which the builders rejected, This became the chief cornerstone,”