1 Kings 6:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.”
1 Kings 6:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 6:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 6:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height. He overlaid it with pure gold. He covered the altar with cedar.”
1 Kings 6:20 — World English Bible
1 Kings 6:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar. ”
1 Kings 6:20 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 6:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And before the oracle <FI>is<Fi> twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits <FI>is<Fi> its height; and he overlayeth it with gold refined, and overlayeth the altar with cedar.”
1 Kings 6:20 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 6:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the oracle within was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he overlaid the cedar-wood altar — ”
1 Kings 6:20 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 6:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the place of the oracle within was twentie cubites long, and twentie cubites broad, and twentie cubites hie, and hee couered it with pure golde, and couered the altar with cedar.”
1 Kings 6:20 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 6:20 in Context — 1 Kings 6
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.
20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
What Does 1 Kings 6:20 Mean?
1 Kings 6:20 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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