1 Kings 6:17
World English Bible (WEB)
In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.
In context
15 He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood. He covered the floor of the house with cypress boards.
16 He built twenty cubits of the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place.
17 In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.
18 There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers. All was cedar. No stone was visible.
19 He prepared an inner sanctuary in the middle of the house within, to set the ark of the LORD’s covenant there.
1 Kings 6:17 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.
- KJV King James Version
- And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And forty by the cubit was the house, it [is] the temple before [it].
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the house, that is , the temple before it, was forty cubits long .