1 Kings 6:3
And 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.
1 Kings 6:3 in other translations
| BSB | The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple. |
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| WEB | The porch in front of the temple of the house had a length of twenty cubits, which was along the width of the house. Ten cubits was its width in front of the house. |
| ASV | And 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. |
| YLT | As to the porch on the front of the temple of the house, twenty cubits is its length on the front of the breadth of the house; ten by the cubit is its breadth on the front of the house; |
| DARBY | And the porch, in front of the temple of the house, was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house broadways, and ten cubits was its breadth, in front of the house. |
| BBE | The covered way before the Temple of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house. |
| Webster | And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length of it, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth of it, before the house. |
What does 1 Kings 6:3 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 6:1-10
The temple is called the house of the Lord, because it was directed and modelled by him, and was to be employed in his service. This gave it the beauty of holiness, that it was the house of the Lord, which was far beyond all other beauties. It was to be the temple of the God of peace, therefore no iron tool must be heard; quietness and silence suit and help religious exercises. God's work should be done with much…
1 Kings 6:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 6:3
- Ezekiel 41:15
And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
- John 10:23
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
- Matthew 4:5
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
- 1 Chronicles 28:11
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
- Acts 3:10-11
And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
- 2 Chronicles 3:3-4
Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
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Context
- 1 Kings 6:2
And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
- 1 Kings 6:3
And 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.
- 1 Kings 6:4
And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
1 Kings 6:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el pórtico delante del templo de la casa, de veinte codos de largo, según la anchura de la casa, y su ancho era de diez codos delante de la casa. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le portique devant le temple de la maison avait 20 coudées de longueur, selon la largeur de la maison; sa profondeur était de dix coudées devant la maison. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Halle vor dem Tempel des Hauses: zwanzig Ellen war ihre Länge vor der Breite des Hauses her; zehn Ellen war ihre Breite vor dem Hause her. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et porticus erat ante templum viginti cubitorum longitudinis, juxta mensuram latitudinis templi: et habebat decem cubitos latitudinis ante faciem templi. |