1 Kings 7 - Compare Translations
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1 Kings 7:1
KJVBut Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
WEBSolomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
YLTAnd his own house hath Solomon built thirteen years, and he finisheth all his house.
1 Kings 7:2
KJVHe built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
WEBFor he built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.
YLTAnd he buildeth the house of the forest of Lebanon; a hundred cubits [is] its length, and fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar-beams on the pillars;
1 Kings 7:3
KJVAnd it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
WEBIt was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams, that were on the pillars, fifteen in a row.
YLTand [it is] covered with cedar above, on the sides that [are] on the forty and five pillars, fifteen in the row.
1 Kings 7:4
KJVAnd there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
WEBThere were beams in three rows, and window was facing window in three ranks.
YLTAnd windows [are] in three rows, and sight [is] over-against sight three times.
1 Kings 7:5
KJVAnd all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
WEBAll the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was facing window in three ranks.
YLTAnd all the openings and the side-posts [are] square -- windows; and sight [is] over-against sight three times.
1 Kings 7:6
KJVAnd 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.
WEBHe made the porch of pillars. Its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits; with a porch before them, and pillars and a threshold before them.
YLTAnd 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.
1 Kings 7:7
KJVThen 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.
WEBHe made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.
YLTAnd the porch of the throne where he judgeth -- the porch of judgment -- he hath made, and [it is] covered with cedar from the floor unto the floor.
1 Kings 7:8
KJVAnd 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.
WEBHis house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh’s daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.
YLTAs to his house where he dwelleth, the other court [is] within the porch -- as this work it hath been; and a house he maketh for the daughter of Pharaoh -- whom Solomon hath taken -- like this porch.
1 Kings 7:9
KJVAll 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.
WEBAll these were of costly stones, even of cut stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.
YLTAll these [are] of precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, sawn with a saw, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and at the outside, unto the great court.
1 Kings 7:10
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1 Kings 7:11
KJVAnd above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
WEBAbove were costly stones, even cut stone, according to measure, and cedar wood.
YLTand above [are] precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, and cedar;
1 Kings 7:12
KJVAnd 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.
WEBThe great court around had three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams; like the inner court of Yahweh’s house and the porch of the house.
YLTand the great court round about [is] three rows of hewn work, and a row of cedar-beams, even for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and for the porch of the house.
1 Kings 7:13
KJVAnd king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
WEBKing Solomon sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre.
YLTAnd king Solomon sendeth and taketh Hiram out of Tyre --
1 Kings 7:14
KJVHe was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
WEBHe was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.
YLThe [is] son of a woman, a widow, of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father a man of Tyre, a worker in brass, and he is filled with the wisdom and the understanding, and the knowledge to do all work in brass -- and he cometh unto king Solomon, and doth all his work.
1 Kings 7:15
KJVFor he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
WEBFor he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them.
YLTAnd he formeth the two pillars of brass; eighteen cubits [is] the height of the one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits doth compass the second pillar.
1 Kings 7:16
KJVAnd he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:
WEBHe made two capitals of molten brass, to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
YLTAnd two chapiters he hath made to put on the tops of the pillars, cast in brass; five cubits the height of the one chapiter, and five cubits the height of the second chapiter.
1 Kings 7:17
KJVAnd nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
WEBThere were nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.
YLTNets of net-work, wreaths of chain-work [are] for the chapiters that [are] on the top of the pillars, seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the second chapiter.
1 Kings 7:18
KJVAnd he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.
WEBSo he made the pillars; and there were two rows around on the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars: and he did so for the other capital.
YLTAnd he maketh the pillars, and two rows round about on the one net-work, to cover the chapiters that [are] on the top, with the pomegranates, and so he hath made for the second chapiter.
1 Kings 7:19
KJVAnd the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
WEBThe capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits.
YLTAnd the chapiters that [are] on the top of the pillars [are] of lily-work in the porch, four cubits;
1 Kings 7:20
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1 Kings 7:21
KJVAnd he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
WEBHe set up the pillars at the porch of the temple. He set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.
YLTAnd he raiseth up the pillars for the porch of the temple, and he raiseth up the right pillar, and calleth its name Jachin, and he raiseth up the left pillar, and calleth its name Boaz;
1 Kings 7:22
KJVAnd upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
WEBOn the top of the pillars was lily work: so the work of the pillars was finished.
YLTand on the top of the pillars [is] lily-work; and the work of the pillars [is] completed.
1 Kings 7:23
KJVAnd he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
WEBHe made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in shape. Its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.
YLTAnd he maketh the molten sea, ten by the cubit from its edge unto its edge; [it is] round all about, and five by the cubit [is] its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it round about;
1 Kings 7:24
KJVAnd under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
WEBUnder its brim around there were buds which encircled it for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
YLTand knops beneath its brim round about are compassing it, ten by the cubit, going round the sea round about; in two rows [are] the knops, cast in its being cast.
1 Kings 7:25
KJVIt stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
WEBIt stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set on them above, and all their hindquarters were inward.
YLTIt is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea [is] upon them above, and all their hinder parts [are] inward.
1 Kings 7:26
KJVAnd it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
WEBIt was a hand width thick. Its brim was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.
YLTAnd its thickness [is] an handbreadth, and its edge as the work of the edge of a cup, flowers of lilies; two thousand baths it containeth.
1 Kings 7:27
KJVAnd he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
WEBHe made the ten bases of brass. The length of one base was four cubits, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.
YLTAnd he maketh the ten bases of brass; four by the cubit [is] the length of the one base, and four by the cubit its breadth, and three by the cubit its height.
1 Kings 7:28
KJVAnd the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:
WEBThe work of the bases was like this: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;
YLTAnd this [is] the work of the base: they have borders, and the borders [are] between the joinings;
1 Kings 7:29
KJVAnd on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
WEBand on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.
YLTand on the borders that [are] between the joinings [are] lions, oxen, and cherubs, and on the joinings a base above, and beneath the lions and the oxen [are] additions -- sloping work.
1 Kings 7:30
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1 Kings 7:31
KJVAnd the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.
WEBIts mouth within the capital and above was a cubit. Its mouth was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its mouth were engravings, and their panels were square, not round.
YLTAnd its mouth within the chapiter and above [is] by the cubit, and its mouth [is] round, the work of the base, a cubit and half a cubit; and also on its mouth [are] carvings and their borders, square, not round.
1 Kings 7:32
KJVAnd under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
WEBThe four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axles of the wheels were in the base. The height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
YLTAnd the four wheels [are] under the borders, and the spokes of the wheels [are] in the base, and the height of the one wheel [is] a cubit and half a cubit.
1 Kings 7:33
KJVAnd the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.
WEBThe work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel. Their axles, and their rims, and their spokes, and their naves, were all of cast metal.
YLTAnd the work of the wheels [is] as the work of the wheel of a chariot, their spokes, and their axles, and their felloes, and their naves; the whole [is] molten.
1 Kings 7:34
KJVAnd there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
WEBThere were four supports at the four corners of each base. Its supports were of the base itself.
YLTAnd four shoulders [are] unto the four corners of the one base; out of the base [are] its shoulders.
1 Kings 7:35
KJVAnd in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.
WEBIn the top of the base there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the base its supports and its panels were of the same.
YLTAnd in the top of the base [is] the half of a cubit in the height all round about; and on the top of the base its spokes and its borders [are] of the same.
1 Kings 7:36
KJVFor on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
WEBOn the plates of its supports, and on its panels, he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, each in its space, with wreaths all around.
YLTAnd he openeth on the tablets of its spokes, and on its borders, cherubs, lions, and palm-trees, according to the void space of each, and additions round about.
1 Kings 7:37
KJVAfter this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.
WEBHe made the ten bases in this way: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.
YLTThus he hath made the ten bases; one casting, one measure, one form, have they all.
1 Kings 7:38
KJVThen made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.
WEBHe made ten basins of brass. One basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on every one of the ten bases one basin.
YLTAnd he maketh ten lavers of brass; forty baths doth the one laver contain, four by the cubit [is] the one laver, one laver on the one base [is] to the ten bases;
1 Kings 7:39
KJVAnd he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.
WEBHe set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house. He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward and toward the south.
YLTand he putteth the five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house, and the sea he hath put on the right side of the house, eastward -- over-against the south.
1 Kings 7:40
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1 Kings 7:41
KJVThe two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
WEBthe two pillars; the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
YLTpillars two, and bowls of the chapiters that [are] on the top of the pillars two, and the nets two, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that [are] on the top of the pillars;
1 Kings 7:42
KJVAnd four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;
WEBthe four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;
YLTand the pomegranates four hundred for the two nets, two rows of pomegranates for the one net, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that [are] on the front of the pillars;
1 Kings 7:43
KJVAnd the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
WEBthe ten bases; the ten basins on the bases;
YLTand the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases;
1 Kings 7:44
KJVAnd one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
WEBthe one sea; the twelve oxen under the sea;
YLTand the one sea, the twelve oxen under the sea,
1 Kings 7:45
KJVAnd the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of bright brass.
WEBthe pots; the shovels; and the basins: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in Yahweh’s house, were of burnished brass.
YLTand the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls; and all these vessels, that Hiram hath made to king Solomon [for] the house of Jehovah, [are] of brass -- polished.
1 Kings 7:46
KJVIn the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
WEBThe king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
YLTIn the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zarthan.
1 Kings 7:47
KJVAnd Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
WEBSolomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them. The weight of the brass could not be determined.
YLTAnd Solomon placeth the whole of the vessels; because of the very great abundance, the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.
1 Kings 7:48
KJVAnd Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the Lord: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
WEBSolomon made all the vessels that were in Yahweh’s house: the golden altar and the table that the show bread was on, of gold;
YLTAnd Solomon maketh all the vessels that [are] in the house of Jehovah: the altar of gold, and the table -- on which [is] the bread of the Presence -- of gold,
1 Kings 7:49
KJVAnd the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
WEBand the lamp stands, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;
YLTand the candlesticks, five on the right, and five on the left, before the oracle, of refined gold, and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold,
1 Kings 7:50
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1 Kings 7:51
KJVSo was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the Lord.
WEBThus all the work that king Solomon did in Yahweh’s house was finished. Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of Yahweh’s house.
YLTAnd it is complete -- all the work that king Solomon hath made [for] the house of Jehovah, and Solomon bringeth in the sanctified things of David his father; the silver, and the gold, and the vessels he hath put in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.
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