1 Kings 6:17 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

The [rest of the] house, that is, the temple in front of the Holy of Holies, was forty cubits long.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

The [rest of the] house, that is, the temple in front of the Holy of Holies, was forty cubits long.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The temple, that is, the sanctuary in front of the most holy place, was sixty feet long.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

The big hall in front of the Most Holy Place was 18 metres long.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

In front of the Most Holy Place was the main part of the Temple. This room was 40 cubits long.

The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The room in front of the Most Holy Place was 60 feet long.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The 60-foot-long room at the front of the temple served as the main hall.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The temple, that is, the sanctuary in front of the most holy place, was 60 feet long.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

And the house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

The nave, or part of the temple in front of the sanctuary, was forty cubits long.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The main hall in front of the room was 60 feet long.

English NIV

The main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.

English NKJ 1982

And in front of it the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.

English NLT

The main room of the Temple, outside the Most Holy Place, was 60 feet long.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

The remainder of the Temple—other than the Most Holy Place—was sixty feet long.

English Tyndale 1537

And the first house, that is to say, the body of the temple, was forty cubits long.

1 Kings 6:17 — Compare Translations