The Book of Mormon

Mosiah 11:8

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that king Noah built many elegant and spacious buildings; and he ornamented them with fine work of wood, and of all manner of precious things, of gold, and of silver, and of iron, and of brass, and of ziff, and of copper;

Simple English

King Noah built many fancy, big buildings. He decorated them with beautiful wood and expensive things made of gold, silver, iron, brass, ziff, and copper.

Paraphrase

King Noah built many grand buildings and decorated them with fine woodwork and every kind of precious metal—gold, silver, iron, brass, ziff, and copper.