1 Kings 6:4
What does 1 Kings 6:4 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 6:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And for the house he made windows of fixed lattice-work.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And for the house he made windows of fixed lattice-work.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And for the house he made windows, with network across.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and he maketh for the house windows of narrow lights.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he made in the temple oblique windows.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And for the house he made closed windows with fixed lattices.
Context
v.3And 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.
v.4This passage
v.5And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 41:16
the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the threshold, ceiled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows (now the windows were covered),
- Ezekiel 41:26
And there were closed windows and palm-trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch: thus were the side-chambers of the house, and the thresholds.
- Ezekiel 40:16
And there were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and upon each post were palm-trees.
- Song of Solomon 2:9
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.
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