King James Version
Exodus 31:5 in the King James Version says “And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.”
Exodus 31:5 · KJV
And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;
The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, furniture: Heb. vessels
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to set”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“in all manner of workmanship”
H4399properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
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