1 Kings 7:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.”

1 Kings 7:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Kings 7:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Kings 7:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“All these were of costly stones, even of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.”

1 Kings 7:9 — World English Bible

1 Kings 7:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court. ”

1 Kings 7:9 — American Standard Version

1 Kings 7:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“All these <FI>are<Fi> of precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, sawn with a saw, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and at the outside, unto the great court.”

1 Kings 7:9 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 7:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“All these [buildings] were of costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation to the coping, and on the outside as far as the great court. ”

1 Kings 7:9 — Darby Translation

1 Kings 7:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“All these were of costly stones, hewed by measure, and sawed with sawes within and without, from the foundation vnto the stones of an hand breadth, and on the outside to the great court.”

1 Kings 7:9 — Geneva Bible

1 Kings 7:9 in Context — 1 Kings 7

7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.

9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.

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What Does 1 Kings 7:9 Mean?

1 Kings 7:9 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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