Parallel Verses
Amplified
Concerning the pillars, the height of each pillar was eighteen cubits (twenty-seven feet), and a line [an ornamental molding] of twelve cubits (eighteen feet) went around its circumference; it was four fingers thick, and [the pillar was] hollow.
New American Standard Bible
As for the pillars, the
King James Version
And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
Holman Bible
One pillar was 27 feet
International Standard Version
Each of the pillars was twelve cubits high and its circumference twelve cubits. It was hollow and about a handbreadth thick.
A Conservative Version
And as for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed it, and the thickness of it was four fingers; it was hollow.
American Standard Version
And as for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
Bible in Basic English
And as for the pillars, one pillar was eighteen cubits high, and twelve cubits measured all round, and it was as thick as a man's hand: it was hollow.
Darby Translation
And as to the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
Julia Smith Translation
And the pillars, eighteen cubits the height of the one pillar; and a thread of twelve cubits will surround it; and its thickness four fingers: it was hollow.
King James 2000
And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and bands of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now the pillars, [the] height of one pillar [was] eighteen cubits, and a thread of twelve cubits surrounded it, and its thickness [was] four fingers, hollowed out.
Modern King James verseion
And the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits. And a line of twelve cubits went around it, and the thickness of it was four fingers. It was hollow.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For every pillar was eighteen cubits high, and the rope that went about it, was twelve cubits, and four fingers thick and round.
NET Bible
Each of the pillars was about 27 feet high, about 18 feet in circumference, three inches thick, and hollow.
New Heart English Bible
As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits encircled it; and its thickness was four fingers. It was hollow.
The Emphasized Bible
Now as for the pillars, eighteen cubits, was the height of each pillar, and, a line of twelve cubits, compassed it about, - and the thickness thereof was four fingers breadth - hollow;
Webster
And concerning the pillars, the hight of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits encompassed it; and the thickness of it was four fingers: it was hollow.
World English Bible
As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and its thickness was four fingers: it was hollow.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Themes
Fingerbreadth » A unit of measurement
Handbreadth » A measure (about four inches)
Jerusalem » Captured and pillaged by » Nebuchadnezzar, king of babylon
Month » Ab (august) » number only mentioned » Temple destroyed in
Pillar » Broken and carried to babylon
Temple » Solomon's » Destroyed by nebuchadnezzar, and the valuable contents carried to babylon
Interlinear
Sh@moneh
'ammah
אמּה
'ammah
Usage: 245
Cabab
'arba`
References
Hastings
Morish
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 52:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Fall Of Jerusalem
20
The two pillars, the one [enormous] Sea (basin), and
Cross References
2 Kings 25:17
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits (27 ft.), and a capital of bronze was on top of it. The height of the capital was three cubits (4.5 ft.); a network (lattice work) and pomegranates around the capital were all of bronze. And the second pillar had the same as these, with a network.
1 Kings 7:15-21
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.
2 Chronicles 3:15-17
He also made two pillars for the front of the house, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on the top of each one was five cubits.