1 Kings 6:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.”
1 Kings 6:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 6:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 6:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.”
1 Kings 6:17 — World English Bible
1 Kings 6:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long. ”
1 Kings 6:17 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 6:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And forty by the cubit was the house, it <FI>is<Fi> the temple before <FI>it<Fi> .”
1 Kings 6:17 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 6:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits [long]. ”
1 Kings 6:17 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 6:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But the house, that is, the Temple before it, was fourtie cubites long.”
1 Kings 6:17 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 6:17 in Context — 1 Kings 6
15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
What Does 1 Kings 6:17 Mean?
1 Kings 6:17 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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