1 Kings 7:10
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
1 Kings 7:10 in other translations
| BSB | The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long. |
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| WEB | The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits. |
| ASV | And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. |
| YLT | And the foundation is of precious stone, great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits; |
| DARBY | And the foundations were of costly stones, great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits. |
| BBE | And the base was of great masses of highly priced stone, some ten cubits and some eight cubits square. |
| Webster | And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones; stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. |
What does 1 Kings 7:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 7:1-12
All Solomon's buildings, though beautiful, were intended for use. Solomon began with the temple; he built for God first, and then his other buildings. The surest foundations of lasting prosperity are laid in early piety. He was thirteen years building his house, yet he built the temple in little more than seven years; not that he was more exact, but less eager in building his own house, than in building God's. We…
1 Kings 7:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 7:10
- Revelation 21:19-20
And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
- Isaiah 54:11
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
- 1 Corinthians 3:10-11
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
- Isaiah 28:16
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isa 28:16; 54:11; 1Co 3:10,11; Re 21:19,20
stones of ten cubits.Reckoning the cubit at 21 inches, the ten cubits are 17 feet and a half, and the eight cubits are 14 feet. The magnitude of these stones was certainly extraordinary; but let us hear M. Volney, and our surprise will no longer be fixed on these stones, but transferred from Solomon's house to the ruins of Balbec: "What is still more astonishing is the enormous stones which compose the sloping wall. To the west, the second layer is formed of stones which are from 28 to 35 feet long, by about 9 in height. Over this layer, at the north-west angle, there are three stones, which alone occupy a space of 175 feet and a half; viz. the first, 58 feet 7 inches; the second, 58 feet 11 inches; and the third, exactly 58 feet; and each of these is 12 feet thick. These stones are of white granite, with large shining flakes, like gypsum: there is a quarry of this kind of stone under the whole city, and another in the adjacent mountains, which is open in several places. On the right, as we approach the city, there is still lying there a stone hewn on three sides, which is 69 feet 2 inches long, 12 feet 10 inches broad, and 13 feet 3 inches in thickness.
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Context
- 1 Kings 7:9
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.
- 1 Kings 7:10
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:11
And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
1 Kings 7:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El cimiento era de piedras de precio, de piedras grandes, de piedras de diez codos, y de piedras de ocho codos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les fondements étaient en pierres de prix, de grandes pierres, des pierres de dix coudées et des pierres de huit coudées. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Grundlage bestand aus wertvollen Steinen, aus großen Steinen, Steinen von zehn Ellen und Steinen von acht Ellen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Fundamenta autem de lapidibus pretiosis, lapidibus magnis, decem sive octo cubitorum. |