1 Kings 6:3
What does 1 Kings 6:3 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 6:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The covered way before the Temple of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862As to the porch on the front of the temple of the house, twenty cubits <FI>is<Fi> its length on the front of the breadth of the house; ten by the cubit <FI>is<Fi> its breadth on the front of the house;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And there was a porch before the temple, of twenty cubits in length, according to the measure of the breadth of the temple: and it was ten cubits in breadth, before the face of the temple.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the porch, in front of the temple of the house, was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house broadways, [and] ten cubits was its breadth, in front of the house.
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Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 3:3
Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
- John 10:23
it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
- 1 Chronicles 28:11
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porchof the temple, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat;
- Matthew 4:5
Then the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
- Ezekiel 41:15
And he measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at the back thereof, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, a hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
- Acts 3:10
and they took knowledge of him, that it was he that sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
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