Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And he formeth the two pillars of brass; eighteen cubits is the height of the one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits doth compass the second pillar.
New American Standard Bible
He fashioned
King James Version
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
Holman Bible
He cast two hollow bronze pillars:
International Standard Version
He fashioned two bronze pillars, each one eighteen cubits high, with a circumference of twelve cubits.
A Conservative Version
For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece. And a line of twelve cubits encompassed each of them around.
American Standard Version
For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.
Amplified
He cast the two pillars of bronze; the one pillar was eighteen cubits high, and a [measuring] line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both.
Bible in Basic English
He it was who made the two brass pillars; the first pillar was eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits went round it; and the second was the same.
Darby Translation
And he formed the two pillars of brass; the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed the second pillar.
Julia Smith Translation
And he formed two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits the height of the one pillar: and a thread of twelve cubits will surround the two pillars.
King James 2000
For he cast two pillars of bronze, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of each.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He cast the two pillars [out of] bronze; eighteen cubits [was] the height of the first, and a cord of twelve cubits would encircle the second pillar.
Modern King James verseion
For he cast two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar. And a line of twelve cubits went around the second pillar.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He cast two pillars of brass of eighteen cubits apiece high, and a string of twelve cubits might compass either of them about.
NET Bible
He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.
New Heart English Bible
For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar; and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference, and its thickness hollowed out was four fingers. The second was the same.
The Emphasized Bible
And he cast two pillars of bronze, - eighteen cubits, the height of each pillar, and, a line of twelve cubits, would surround the second pillar.
Webster
For he cast two pillars of brass, each of eighteen cubits high: and a line of twelve cubits did encompass each of them.
World English Bible
For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them about.
Themes
Art » Artisans, skillful » Hiram
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Moulding
Brass » Articles made of » Altar, vessels, and other articles of the tabernacle and temple
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Master workman » Instances of » Hiram
Mechanic » Instances of » Hiram
Pillars » Two, placed in the temple porch
Temple » Solomon's » Pillars of
Temple » Solomon's » Pattern and building of
The First Temple » The porch of » Pillars of, with their chapiters described
Topics
Interlinear
Tsuwr
Sh@nayim
'ammah
אמּה
'ammah
Usage: 245
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 7:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Continues To Build
14 he is son of a woman, a widow, of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father a man of Tyre, a worker in brass, and he is filled with the wisdom and the understanding, and the knowledge to do all work in brass -- and he cometh unto king Solomon, and doth all his work. 15 And he formeth the two pillars of brass; eighteen cubits is the height of the one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits doth compass the second pillar. 16 And two chapiters he hath made to put on the tops of the pillars, cast in brass; five cubits the height of the one chapiter, and five cubits the height of the second chapiter.
Cross References
Jeremiah 52:21
As to the pillars, eighteen cubits is the height of the one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits doth compass it, and its thickness is four fingers hollow.
1 Kings 7:21
And he raiseth up the pillars for the porch of the temple, and he raiseth up the right pillar, and calleth its name Jachin, and he raiseth up the left pillar, and calleth its name Boaz;
2 Chronicles 3:15-17
And he maketh at the front of the house two pillars, thirty and five cubits in length, and the ornament that is on their heads five cubits.
1 Kings 7:41
pillars two, and bowls of the chapiters that are on the top of the pillars two, and the nets two, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that are on the top of the pillars;
2 Kings 25:16-17
The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases that Solomon made for the house of Jehovah, there was no weighing of the brass of all these vessels;
2 Chronicles 4:12-22
two pillars, and the bowls, and the crowns on the heads of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two bowls of the crowns that are on the heads of the pillars;
Jeremiah 52:13
and he burneth the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house he hath burned with fire,