Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 6:17
American Standard Version
And the house, that is, the temple before `the oracle', was forty cubits `long'.
Amplified® Bible
The [rest of the] house, that is, the temple in front of the Holy of Holies, was forty cubits long.
Contemporary English Version
The temple's main room was sixty feet long, and it was in front of the most holy place.
Darby English Version
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
Good News Bible
The room in front of the Most Holy Place was 60 feet long.
King James Version
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
New American Standard Bible
The house, that is, the nave in front of {the inner sanctuary,} was forty cubits {long.}
New International Version
The main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
New King James Version
And in front of it the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The house, namely, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, measured forty cubits long.
Revised Standard Version
The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.
Young's Literal Translation
And forty by the cubit was the house, it `is' the temple before `it'.
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