1 Kings 6:17

In 11 translations

BSB

And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.40 cubits is approximately 60 feet or 18.3 meters.

KJV

And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

WEB

In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.

ASV

And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.

LSV

And [this area of] the house was forty by the cubit; it [is the area of] the temple before My face.

YLT

And forty by the cubit was the house, it [is] the temple before [it].

DBY

And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].

DRC

And the temple itself before the doors of the oracle was forty cubits long.

GNV

But the house, that is, the Temple before it, was fourtie cubites long.

JPS

And the house, that is, the temple before the Sanctuary, was forty cubits long.

LXXE

And the temple was forty cubits in extent,

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WLC

וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים בָּאַמָּ֖ה הָיָ֣ה הַבָּ֑יִת ה֖וּא הַהֵיכָ֥ל לִפְנָֽי׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ τεσσαράκοντα πήχεων ἦν ὁ ναὸς κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ δαβὶρ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ οἴκου ἔσωθεν,

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