1 Kings 6:17
What does 1 Kings 6:17 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 6:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the house, that is, the Temple, in front of the holy place was forty cubits long.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And forty by the cubit was the house, it <FI>is<Fi> the temple before <FI>it<Fi> .
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the temple itself, before the doors of the oracle, was forty cubits long.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
Context
v.16And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls of the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.
v.17This passage
v.18And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
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