KJV 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.
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Jeremiah 52:21
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
WEB World 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.
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s 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.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 52
18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
19 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; [that] which [was] of gold [in] gold, and [that] which [was] of silver [in] silver, took the captain of the guard away.
20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that [were] under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
21 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.
22 And a chapiter of brass [was] upon it; and the height of one chapiter [was] five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all [of] brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates [were] like unto these.
23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; [and] all the pomegranates upon the network [were] an hundred round about.
24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
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וְהָעַמּוּדִ֗יםH5982 · am.mudpillarשְׁמֹנֶ֨הH8083 · she.mo.neheightעֶשְׂרֵ֤הH6240 · a.sartenאַמָּה֙H520 · am.mahcubitקוֹמַת֙H6967 · qo.mahheightהָעַמֻּ֣דH5982 · am.mudpillarהָאֶחָ֔דH259 · e.chadoneוְח֛וּטH2339 · chutthreadשְׁתֵּים־H8147 · she.na.yimtwoעֶשְׂרֵ֥הH6240 · a.sartenאַמָּ֖הH520 · am.mahcubitיְסֻבֶּ֑נּוּH5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnוְעָבְי֛וֹH5672 · a.vithicknessאַרְבַּ֥עH702 · ar.bafourאַצְבָּע֖וֹתH676 · ets.bafingerנָבֽוּב׃H5014 · na.vavbe hollow
Cross-references
2 Kings 25:17The height of the one pillar [was] eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it [was] brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.1 Kings 7:15-21For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.2 Chronicles 3:15-17Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that [was] on the top of each of them [was] five cubits.
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