Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
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.
New American Standard Bible
The porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
The portico in front of the temple sanctuary was 30 feet
International Standard Version
A portico extended in front of the Temple for 20 cubits outward, corresponding to the width of the Temple. Along the front of the Temple its depth was ten cubits.
A Conservative Version
and the porch in front of 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 in front of the house.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
The porch in front of the main room of the house (temple) was twenty cubits long, corresponding to the width of the house, and its depth in front of the house was ten cubits.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And the porch upon the face of the temple of the house, twenty cubits its length, upon the face of the breadth of the house; ten by the cubit its breadth upon the face of the house.
King James 2000
And the porch in front of 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 in front of the house.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The vestibule on the face of the main hall of the temple [was] twenty cubits [in] its length, and the width of the temple [was] ten cubits wide on the face of the temple.
Modern King James verseion
And the porch before the temple of the house was twenty cubits in length, according to the breadth of the house. Ten cubits was its breadth on the front of the house.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the porch that was before the body of the temple was twenty cubits long after the measure of the breadth of the house, and ten broad, even at the very end of the house.
NET Bible
The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet wide, extending out from the front of the temple.
New Heart English Bible
The porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was its length, according to the breadth of the house. Ten cubits was its breadth before the house.
The Emphasized Bible
And, the porch in front of the temple of the house, was twenty cubits in length, according to the breadth of the house, - ten cubits in breadth, 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.
World English Bible
The porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was its length, according to the breadth of the house; [and] ten cubits was its breadth before the house.
Youngs Literal Translation
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;
Themes
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Dimensions of
The First Temple » The porch of » Twenty cubits long and ten broad
Interlinear
Paniym
Bayith
בּית
Bayith
house, household, home, within, temple, prison, place, family, families , dungeon,
Usage: 2053
'ammah
אמּה
'ammah
Usage: 245
Rochab
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 6:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Builds The Temple For Yahweh
2 The house which Solomon made for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and thirty cubits high. 3 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. 4 And for the house he made windows, with network across.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Chronicles 28:11
Then David gave to his son Solomon the design of the doorway of the house of God and of its houses and its store-houses, and the higher rooms and the inner rooms and the place for the mercy-seat;
2 Chronicles 3:3-4
And Solomon put the base of the house of God in position; by the older measure it was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.
Ezekiel 41:15
And he took the measure of the building in front of the separate place which was at the back of it, and the pillared walks on one side and on the other side; they were a hundred cubits long; and the Temple and the inner part and its outer covered way were covered in;
Matthew 4:5
Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,
John 10:23
And Jesus was walking in the Temple, in Solomon's covered way.
Acts 3:10-11
And they saw that it was the man who made requests for money at the door of the Temple, and they were full of wonder and surprise at what had taken place.