1 Kings 6:17
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
1 Kings 6:17 in other translations
| BSB | And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long. |
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| WEB | In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long. |
| ASV | And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long. |
| YLT | And forty by the cubit was the house, it is the temple before it. |
| DARBY | And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. |
| BBE | And the house, that is, the Temple, in front of the holy place was forty cubits long. |
| Webster | And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. |
What does 1 Kings 6:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 6:15-21
15-21. he built the walls of the house within--The walls were wainscotted with cedar-wood; the floor, paved with cypress planks; the interior was divided (by a partition consisting of folding doors, which were opened and shut with golden chains) into two apartments--the back or inner room, that is, the most holy place, was twenty cubits long and broad; the front, or outer room, that is, the holy place, was forty…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 6:15-38
See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confidence to God. 2. Every believer is a living temple, in whom the Spirit of God dwells, 1Co 3:16. This living temple is built upon Christ as its Foundation, and will be perfect in due time. 3. The gospel church is the mystical…
1 Kings 6:17 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 1 Kings 6:16
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.
- 1 Kings 6:17
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
- 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.
1 Kings 6:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y la casa, á saber, el templo de dentro, tenía cuarenta codos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et la maison, c’est-à-dire le temple, devant l’oracle, était de 40 coudées. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und das Haus, das ist der Tempel, vorn vor dem Sprachorte, war vierzig Ellen lang. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Porro quadraginta cubitorum erat ipsum templum pro foribus oraculi. |