1 Kings 7:6
And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
1 Kings 7:6 in other translations
| BSB | Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico. |
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| WEB | He made the hall of pillars. Its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits, with a porch before them, and pillars and a threshold before them. |
| ASV | And he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them. |
| YLT | And the porch of the pillars he hath made; fifty cubits its length, and thirty cubits its breadth, and the porch is before them, and pillars and a thick place are before them. |
| DARBY | And he made the porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits; and there was a porch in front of them; and there were pillars, and steps in front of them. |
| BBE | And he made a covered room of pillars, fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, and... with steps before it. |
| Webster | And he made a porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beams were before them. |
What does 1 Kings 7:6 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 7:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 7:6
- Ezekiel 41:25-26
And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without. 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 7:12
And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Lord, and for the porch of the house.
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Context
- 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 7:6
And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
- 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.
1 Kings 7:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | También hizo un pórtico de columnas, que tenía de largo cincuenta codos, y treinta codos de ancho; y aqueste pórtico estaba delante de aquellas otras, con sus columnas y maderos correspondientes. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il fit le portique à colonnes, long de 50 coudées, et large de 30 coudées, et un portique par-devant, et des colonnes et un perron devant elles. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er machte die Säulenhalle, fünfzig Ellen ihre Länge, und dreißig Ellen ihre Breite; und noch eine Halle vor derselben, und Säulen und einen Auftritt vor denselben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et porticum columnarum fecit quinquaginta cubitorum longitudinis, et triginta cubitorum latitudinis: et alteram porticum in facie majoris porticus: et columnas, et epistylia super columnas. |