'Long' in the Bible

The rest of the main nave in the front was 40 cubits long.

The inner sanctuary was 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and 20 cubits high, and overlaid with pure gold. The altar was also overlaid with cedar.

Each wing of one cherub was five cubits long, and each wing of the other cherub was five cubits long, so that the distance from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing was ten cubits.

He built his own palace out of timber supplied from the forest of Lebanon. It was 100 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, 20 cubits tall, and was constructed on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams interlocking the pillars.

There was also a hall of pillars 50 cubits long and 30 cubits wide, and a porch in front with pillars, and a canopy in front of the pillars.

The foundation was made of expensive stone, including large stones ten cubits long and stones eight cubits long.

Hiram also made ten bronze water carts. Each one was four cubits wide, four cubits long, and three cubits high.

Not long after the man of God had left, a lion met him along the road and killed him. His body was left lying in the middle of the road with the donkey standing beside it and with the lion also standing next to the body.

where Elijah approached all the people and asked them, "How long will you keep hesitating between both sides? If the LORD is God, go after him. If Baal, go after him." But the people didn't say a word.

At this, the youngster's mother replied, "As long as you and the LORD live, I'm not leaving you!" So he got up and followed her.

He did what the LORD considered to be evil by never abandoning the sins of Nebat's son Jeroboam, who caused Israel to sin, as long as he lived.

At this, Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, "What you've spoken from the LORD is good," because he had been thinking, "Why not, as long as there's peace and security in my lifetime"?"

and a regular stipend was provided to him by the king in accordance with his needs for as long as he lived.

God told Solomon, "Since you had this in mind, to ask neither to focus on riches, wealth, honor, or the lives of those who hate you, nor have you requested a long life, but instead you have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you may rule my people over whom I have established you as king,

The wingspan of the cherubim was 20 cubits; the wing of one, five cubits long, touched the wall of the Temple, and its other wing, five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub.

The wing of the other cherub, five cubits long, touched the opposite wall of the Temple and its other wing, five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub.

Solomon also constructed a bronze altar 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

He crafted a circular sea of cast metal 10 cubits from rim to rim and five cubits tall. A line 30 cubits long surrounded it.

but the poles were long enough for their ends to extend to the front of the inner sanctuary, even though they could not be seen from outside. They remain there to this day.

so they will fear you and live life your way as long as they live in the land that you have given to our ancestors.

Uzziah kept on seeking God during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him how to fear God, and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosperous.

All of this fulfilled what the LORD had predicted through Jeremiah. And so the land enjoyed its Sabbaths, and the length of the land's desolation lasted until a 70-year long Sabbath had been completed.

As a result, the people couldn't distinguish between the noise coming from the shouts of joy and the noise coming from the weeping people, because everyone was shouting loudly and could be heard a long way off.

Furthermore, the balance remaining of the silver and gold may be used for whatever other purpose you and your people desire, as long as such use is consistent with the will of your God.

With his queen seated beside him, the king asked me, "How long will your journey take, and when will you return?" The king thought it was a good idea to send me, so I presented him with a prepared plan.

That day they offered a large number of sacrifices, and they rejoiced, because God had caused them to rejoice enthusiastically. Their wives and children rejoiced, so that Jerusalem's joy was heard from a long distance.

"How long will you keep talking like this? How long will you keep talking like a wind storm?

Can you live only as long as a human being? Or live the years of a mortal man?

You'll call and I'll answer you; you'll long for your creatures that your hands have made.

"How long do you intend to keep torturing me and trying to break me by what you're saying?

As long as I can breathe; as long as God's breath is in my nostrils,

Don't long for night, when people vanish in their place.

You people, how long will you malign my reputation? How long will you love what is vain and what is false? Interlude

And my soul is deeply distressed. But you, LORD, how long do I wait?

How long? LORD, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

How long must I struggle in my soul at night and have sorrow in my heart during the day? How long will my enemy rise up against me?

He asked life from you, and you gave it to him a long life for ever and ever.

Guide me in your truth and teach me; for you are the God who delivers me. All day long I have waited for you.

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away by my groaning all day long.

Who among you desires life, and wants long life in order to see good?

LORD, how long will you just watch? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from these young lions.

My tongue will declare your righteousness and praise you all day long. To the Director: By the servant of the LORD, David.

I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning.

Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning.

How long, LORD, will I wait expectantly? I have placed my hope in you.

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think about me. You are my help and deliverer. My God, do not tarry too long! To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

My tears have been my food day and night, while people keep asking me all day long, "Where is your God?"

Like the shattering of my bones are the taunts of my oppressors, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

God, we heard it with our ears; our ancestors told us about what you did in their day a long time ago.

We will praise God all day long; and to your name we will give thanks forever. Interlude

For your sake we are being killed all day long. We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered.

God, who is enthroned from long ago, will hear me and humble them. Interlude Because they do not repent, they do not fear God.

Have mercy on me, God, because men have harassed me. Those who oppress me have fought against me all day long.

All day long people distort what I say; all their schemes against me are for evil purposes.

How long will you rage against someone? Would you attack him as if he were a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in your name.

May they fear you as long as the sun and moon shine from generation to generation.

May he live long and be given gold from Sheba, and may prayer be offered for him continuously, and may he be blessed every day.

May his fame be eternal as long as the sun may his name endure, and may they be blessed through him, and may all nations call him blessed.

For I suffer all day long and I am punished every morning.

Remember your community, whom you purchased long ago, the tribe whom you redeemed for your possession. Remember Mount Zion, where you live.

God, how long will the adversary scorn while the enemy despises your name endlessly?

Get up, God, and prosecute your case remember that you're being scorned by fools all day long.

I thought of ancient times, considering years long past.

I will remember the LORD'S deeds; indeed, I will remember your awesome deeds from long ago.

I will tell a parable, speaking riddles from long ago

How long, LORD, will you be angry? Forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?

"How long will you judge partially by showing favor on the wicked? Interlude

I desire and long for the Temple courts of the LORD. My heart and body sing for joy to the living God.

Have mercy on me Lord, for I call on you all day long.

My eyes languish on account of my affliction; all day long I call out to you, LORD, I spread out my hands to you.

Like waters, they engulf me all day long; they surround me on all sides.

In your name they rejoice all day long; they exult in your justice.

I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as heaven endures.

How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire?

I will satisfy him with long life; I will show him my deliverance. A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath Day

How long will the wicked, LORD, how long will the wicked continue to triumph?

My enemies revile me all day long; those who ridicule me use my name to curse.

You established the earth long ago; the heavens are the work of your hands.

Look, I long for your precepts; revive me through your righteousness. Vav

I long for your deliverance; I have looked to your word, placing my hope in it.

I open my mouth and pant as I long for your commands.

I discovered long ago about your decrees that you have confirmed them forever. Resh

I have resided too long with those who hate peace.

For those who oppose me are pursuing my life, crushing me to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those who died long ago.

I will praise the LORD as long as I live, singing praises to my God while I exist.

"You naive ones, how long will you love naivety And how long will scoffers delight in scoffing or fools hate knowledge?"

Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are riches and honor.

Listen, my son: accept my words, and you'll live a long, long time.

How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep?

because my husband isn't home. He left on a long trip.

For because of me you will live a long life, and years will be added to your life.

Fearing the LORD prolongs life, but the wicked will not live long.

Human beings long for grace, and it's better to be poor than a man of deceit.

All day long he continues to crave, while the righteous person gives without holding back.

For neither the wise nor the fool will be long remembered, since in days to come everything will be forgotten. The wise man dies the same way as the fool, does he not?

A man might father a hundred children, and live for many years, so that the length of his life is long but if his life does not overflow with goodness, and he doesn't receive a proper burial, I maintain that stillborn children are better off than he is,

Furthermore, their love, their hate, and their envy have been long lost. Never again will they have a part in what happens on earth.

Then I asked, "For how long, LORD?" He replied: "Until cities lie waste, without inhabitants, and houses without people; and the land becomes utterly desolate.

and built a reservoir between the walls to store water from the Old Pool. But you did not look at the One who did it, nor did you see the One who planned it long ago.