What Does Exodus 31:5 Mean in the King James?
And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The same Hebrew word names both the stonework and the woodwork, revealing one craft that gives unlike materials a fitting form.
THE MEANING
The verse shows you skilled making at work: stone is cut to fit, timber is carved, and each material is brought into usable form. Wisdom becomes visible in careful shaping, where raw material is brought toward a fitting purpose.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that skilled work with physical materials is separate from sacred work: cutting stone and carving wood belong to the work of the sanctuary.
THE ROOT
חֲרֹשֶׁת
ḥărōšet
GROWS FROM
חרש
ḥ-r-š (ḥāraš): to engrave, carve, or work skillfully into material.
The Hebrew term is repeated for work with stone and wood, so it does not divide the craft by material. Its root joins the act of shaping with the skilled worker, presenting cutting, fitting, and carving as one craft of giving form.
ALSO GROWS
ḥāraš: to engrave, carve, or craft
חָרַשׁ
This verb names the shaping action that the verse shows in stone and timber.
ḥārāš: craftsman, artisan
חָרָשׁ
This noun names the worker whose skill gives material a fitting form.
THE PATTERN
God-given wisdom becomes visible through purposeful work that gives form to material.
And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.THE THREAD
And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.The same Hebrew craft term appears again for both stonework and woodwork. This echo binds cutting, setting, and carving into one act of shaping, showing that the different materials share a single craft.
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