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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.”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Now therefore command that they cut me cedar trees out of Lebanon. My servants shall be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you shall say. For you know that there is not among us any who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
World English Bible (WEB)
Now therefore command{H6680}{(H8761)} thou that they hew{H3772}{(H8799)} me cedar trees{H730} out of Lebanon{H3844}; and my servants{H5650} shall be with thy servants{H5650}: and unto thee will I give{H5414}{(H8799)} hire{H7939} for thy servants{H5650} according to all that thou shalt appoint{H559}{(H8799)}: for thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} that there is not among us any{H376} that can skill{H3045}{(H8802)} to hew{H3772}{(H8800)} timber{H6086} like unto the Sidonians{H6722}.
Strong's King James
‘And now, command, and they cut down for me cedars out of Lebanon, and my servants are with thy servants, and the hire of thy servants I give to thee according to all that thou sayest, for thou hast known that there is not among us a man acquainted with cutting wood, like the Sidonians.’
Young's Literal Translation
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