2CH 3:8 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ἁγίου τῶν ἁγίων, μῆκος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον, πλάτος τοῦ οἴκου πήχεων εἴκοσι, καὶ τὸ μῆκος πήχεων εἴκοσι, καὶ ἐχρύσωσεν αὐτὸν χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ εἰς χερουβὶμ εἰς τάλαντα ἑξακόσια.
(Kai epoiaʸse ton oikon tou hagiou tōn hagiōn, maʸkos autou epi prosōpon, platos tou oikou paʸⱪeōn eikosi, kai to maʸkos paʸⱪeōn eikosi, kai eⱪrusōsen auton ⱪrusiōi katharōi eis ⱪeroubim eis talanta hexakosia. )

BrTr And he built the holy of holies, its length was according to the front of the other house, the breadth of the house was twenty cubits, and the length twenty cubits: and he gilded it with pure gold for cherubs, to the amount of six hundred talents.

ULT And he made the house of the holy of holies; its length at the front of the width of the house, 20 cubits, and its width 20 cubits. And he overlaid it with pure gold, to 600 talents.

UST They also built the very holy place inside the temple. It was nine meters long, the same as the temple’s width. The width of the very holy place was the same. They covered its walls with sheets of pure gold that altogether weighed about twenty metric tons.

BSB § Then he made the Most Holy Place;[fn] its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.[fn]

3:8 Or the Holy of Holies; also in verse 10

3:8 600 talents is approximately 22.6 tons or 20.5 metric tons of gold.

OEB No OEB 2CH book available

WEBBE He made the most holy place. Its length, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.[fn]

3:8 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 600 talents is about 18 metric tonnes

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET He made the most holy place; its length was 30 feet, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. He plated it with 600 talents of fine gold.

LSV And he makes the most holy house: its length by the front of the breadth of the house—twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and he covers it with six hundred talents of fine gold;

FBV He made the room of the Most Holy Place to correspond with the width of the Temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He covered the interior with six hundred talents of fine gold.

T4T They also built the Very Holy Place inside the temple. It was 30 feet wide and 30 feet long. They covered its walls with sheets of pure gold that altogether weighed 23 tons.

LEB Then he made the most holy place.[fn] Its length was equal to[fn] the width of the house: twenty cubits. And its breadth was twenty cubits. And he overlaid it with six hundred talents of fine gold.

3:8 Literally “the house of the holy of the holies”

3:8 Literally “at the front of”

BBE And he made the most holy place; it was twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, like the greater house, and was plated all over with the best gold; six hundred talents were used for it.

Moff No Moff 2CH book available

JPS And he made the most holy place; the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

ASV And he made the most holy house: the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

DRA He made also the house of the holy of holies: the length of it according to the breadth of the temple, twenty cubits, and the breadth of it in like manner twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with plates of gold, amounting to about six hundred talents.

YLT And he maketh the most holy house: its length [is] by the front of the breadth of the house twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and he covereth it with good gold, to six hundred talents;

Drby And he made the house of the most holy place, the length of which was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

RV And he made the most holy house; the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

Wbstr And he made the most holy house, the length of which was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

KJB-1769 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

KJB-1611 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was, according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twentie cubits: and he ouerlaid it with fine gold amounting to sixe hundred talents.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And he made the house most holy: whose length was twentie cubites like to the breadth of the house, and the breadth therof was also twentie cubites: and he ouerlayed it with good golde, euen with sixe hundred talentes.
(And he made the house most holy: whose length was twenty cubits like to the breadth of the house, and the breadth thereof was also twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with good gold, even with six hundred talentes.)

Gnva He made also the house of the most holy place: the length thereof was in the front of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twentie cubites: and he ouerlayde it with the best golde, of sixe hundreth talents.
(He made also the house of the most holy place: the length thereof was in the front of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaide it with the best gold, of six hundreth talents. )

Cvdl He made also the house of the Most holy, whose length was twentye cubites acordinge to the wydenesse of the house: and the bredth of it was twentye cubites likewyse, and he ouerlayed it with the best golde by sixe hundreth talentes.
(He made also the house of the Most holy, whose length was twenty cubits according to the wydenesse of the house: and the bredth of it was twenty cubits likewise, and he overlaid it with the best gold by six hundreth talentes.)

Wycl Also he made an hows to the holi of holi thingis, in lengthe bi the breede of the hows, of twenti cubitis, and the breed also of twenti cubitis; and he hilide it with goldun platis, as with sixe hundrid talentis.
(Also he made an house to the holi of holi things, in lengthe by the breede of the house, of twenty cubits, and the breed also of twenty cubits; and he hilide it with golden platis, as with six hundred talents.)

Luth Er machte auch das Haus des Allerheiligsten, des Länge war zwanzig Ellen nach der Weite des Hauses, und seine Weite war auch zwanzig Ellen; und überzog es mit dem besten Golde, bei sechshundert Zentner.
(He made also the house the Allerheiligsten, the Länge what/which twenty Ellen after the/of_the Weite the houses, and his Weite what/which also twenty Ellen; and überzog it with to_him besten Golde, at six-hundred Zentner.)

ClVg Fecit quoque domum Sancti sanctorum: longitudinem juxta latitudinem domus cubitorum viginti: et latitudinem similiter viginti cubitorum: et laminis aureis texit eam, quasi talentis sexcentis.[fn]
(Fecit too home Sancti sanctorum: longitudinem next_to latitudinem home cubitorum twenty: and latitudinem likewise twenty cubitorum: and laminis aureis texit eam, as_if talentis sexcentis. )

3.8 Fecit quoque domum, etc. Oraculum ubi erat arca viginti cubitos habebat in longitudine, latitudine, altitudine, id est per quadrum: quia in superna patria ubi regem in decore suo vident sancti, sola charitas divinæ et supernæ gratiæ per omnia fulget. Unde in sequentibus: Laminis aureis texit eam III Reg. 6., id est, mœnia supernæ civitatis gratia charitatis implevit. Talentis sexcentis, etc. In talentis ponderis perfectio quæ charitatis perfectionem exprimit, sicut perfectio senarii per quem centenarius multiplicatur, ut fiant sexcenti.

3.8 Fecit too domum, etc. Oraculum where was box twenty elbows had in longitudine, latitudine, altitudine, id it_is through quadrum: because in superna patria where regem in decore his_own vident sancti, sola charitas divinæ and supernæ gratiæ through everything fulget. Unde in sequentibus: Laminis aureis texit eam III Reg. 6., id it_is, mœnia supernæ of_the_city gratia charitatis implevit. Talentis sexcentis, etc. In talentis ponderis perfectio which charitatis perfectionem exprimit, like perfectio senarii through which centenarius multiplicatur, as fiant sexcenti.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) He built … He overlaid

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_made DOM house_of holy the,holies length,its on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of width the,house cubits twenty and,width,its cubits twenty and,overlaid,it gold good with,talents six hundreds )

The readers should understand that Solomon probably commanded other people to do the actual work. Alternate translation: “Solomon’s workers built … They overlaid”

Note 2 topic: translate-bdistance

(Occurrence 0) twenty cubits

A cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate translation: “9.2 meters”

Note 3 topic: translate-numbers

(Occurrence 0) six hundred talents

“600 talents.” A talent is 33 kilograms. Alternate translation: “about 20 metric tons” (See also: translate-bmoney)

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