1 Kings 7:4
And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
1 Kings 7:4 in other translations
| BSB | There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers. |
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| WEB | There were beams in three rows, and window was facing window in three ranks. |
| ASV | And there were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks. |
| YLT | And windows are in three rows, and sight is over-against sight three times. |
| DARBY | And there were cross-beams in three rows, and window was against window in three ranks. |
| BBE | There were three lines of window-frames, window facing window in every line. |
| Webster | And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. |
What does 1 Kings 7:4 mean?
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 7:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 7:4
- 1 Kings 6:4
And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
- Ezekiel 40:36
The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:33
And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
- Ezekiel 40:29
And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
- Ezekiel 40:16
And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
- Ezekiel 40:25
And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
- Ezekiel 41:26
And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
- 1 Kings 7:5
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
- Ezekiel 40:22
And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
- Isaiah 54:12
And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
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Context
- 1 Kings 7:3
And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
- 1 Kings 7:4
And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
- 1 Kings 7:5
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
1 Kings 7:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y había tres órdenes de ventanas, una ventana contra la otra en tres órdenes. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et il y avait trois rangées de fenêtres à linteaux saillants, un jour vis-à-vis d’un jour, trois fois. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Balken waren drei Reihen, und Fenster gegen Fenster, dreimal. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | contra se invicem positas, |