Exodus 31:3
Good News Translation
and I have filled him with my power. I have given him understanding, skill, and ability for every kind of artistic work--

New Revised Standard Version
and I have filled him with divine spirit, with ability, intelligence, and knowledge in every kind of craft,

New American Bible
and I have filled him with a divine spirit of skill and understanding and knowledge in every craft:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I have filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom and understanding, and knowledge in all manner of work,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I have filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom and understanding, and knowledge in all manner of work,

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Exodus 35:31 And hath filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom and understanding, and knowledge, and all learning,

1 Kings 3:9 Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, and discern between good and evil. For who shall be able to judge this people, thy people, which is so numerous?

1 Kings 7:14 The son of a widow woman, of the tribe of Nephthali, whose father was a Tyrian, an artificer in brass, and full of wisdom, and understanding, and skill to work all work in brass. And when he was come to king Solomon, he wrought all his work.

Isaiah 28:6,26 And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that return out of the battle to the gate. . . .

1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Now there are diversities of graces, but the same Spirit. . . .

the spirit of God.

Exodus 28:24-29 And the golden chains thou shalt join to the rings, that are in the ends thereof. . . .

,) pointedly refers to this sort of teaching as coming from God, even in the most common and less difficult arts of life. Dark as the heathens were, yet they acknowledged that all talents and the seeds of all arts came from God.

Context
Bezalel and Oholiab the Craftsmen
2Behold, I have called by name Beseleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Juda, 3And I have filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom and understanding, and knowledge in all manner of work,4To devise whatsoever may be artificially made of gold, and silver, and brass,…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 12:4
Now there are diversities of graces, but the same Spirit.

Exodus 28:3
And thou shalt speak to all the wise of heart, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's vestments, in which he being consecrated, may minister to me.

Exodus 31:4
To devise whatsoever may be artificially made of gold, and silver, and brass,

Exodus 35:31
And hath filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom and understanding, and knowledge, and all learning,

Exodus 35:35
Both of them hath he instructed with wisdom, to do carpenters' work, and tapestry, and embroidery in blue and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and to weave all things, and to invent all new things.

1 Kings 7:14
The son of a widow woman, of the tribe of Nephthali, whose father was a Tyrian, an artificer in brass, and full of wisdom, and understanding, and skill to work all work in brass. And when he was come to king Solomon, he wrought all his work.

2 Chronicles 2:7
Send me therefore a skilful man, that knoweth how to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, and in iron, in purple, in scarlet and in blue, and that hath skill in engraving, with the artificers, which I have with me in Judea and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

Exodus 31:2
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