KJV King James Version
And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch [was] before them: and the [other] pillars and the thick beam [were] before them.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Kings 7:6
And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch [was] before them: and the [other] pillars and the thick beam [were] before them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.
WEB World English Bible
He made the porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.
ASV American Standard Version
And he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the porch of the pillars he hath made; fifty cubits its length, and thirty cubits its breadth, and the porch is before them, and pillars and a thick place are before them.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 7
3 And [it was] covered with cedar above upon the beams, that [lay] on forty five pillars, fifteen [in] a row.
4 And [there were] windows [in] three rows, and light [was] against light [in] three ranks.
5 And all the doors and posts [were] square, with the windows: and light [was] against light [in] three ranks.
6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch [was] before them: and the [other] pillars and the thick beam [were] before them.
7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, [even] the porch of judgment: and [it was] covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
8 And his house where he dwelt [had] another court within the porch, [which] was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken [to wife], like unto this porch.
9 All these [were of] costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and [so] on the outside toward the great court.
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וְאֵ֨תH853 · et[Obj.]אוּלָ֤םH197 · u.lamHall (of pillars)הָֽעַמּוּדִים֙H5982 · am.mudpillarעָשָׂ֔הH6213 · a.sahto make: doחֲמִשִּׁ֤יםH2572 · cha.mish.shimfiftyאַמָּה֙H520 · am.mahcubitאָרְכּ֔וֹH753 · o.rekhlengthוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםH7970 · she.lo.shimthirtyאַמָּ֖הH520 · am.mahcubitרָחְבּ֑וֹH7341 · ro.chavwidthוְאוּלָם֙H197 · u.lamHall (of pillars)עַל־H5921 · aluponפְּנֵיהֶ֔םH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeוְעַמֻּדִ֥יםH5982 · am.mudpillarוְעָ֖בH5646 · avthresholdעַל־H5921 · aluponפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃H6440 · pa.nehface: before
Cross-references
1 Kings 7:12And the great court round about [was] with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.Ezekiel 41:25-26And [there were] made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as [were] made upon the walls; and [there were] thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
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