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OET (OET-RV) He cast two hollow bronze pillars—each being just over eight metres tall and measuring over five metres around.
OET-LV And_he/it_laid_siege DOM the_two the_pillars bronze [was]_eight- teen cubit[s] the_height the_pillar the_one and_line of_two_plus ten cubit[s] it_went_round DOM the_pillar the_second.
UHB וַיָּ֛צַר אֶת־שְׁנֵ֥י הָעַמּוּדִ֖ים נְחֹ֑שֶׁת שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה אַמָּ֗ה קוֹמַת֙ הָעַמּ֣וּד הָאֶחָ֔ד וְחוּט֙ שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה אַמָּ֔ה יָסֹ֖ב אֶת־הָעַמּ֥וּד הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃ ‡
(vayyāʦar ʼet-shənēy hāˊammūdim nəḩoshet shəmoneh ˊesrēh ʼammāh qōmat hāˊammūd hāʼeḩād vəḩūţ shəttēym-ˊesrēh ʼammāh yāşoⱱ ʼet-hāˊammūd hashshēniy.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον τῶν μεχωνὼθ συγκλειστὸν αὐτοῖς, καὶ συγκλειστὸν ἀναμέσον τῶν ἐξεχομένων.
(Kai touto to ergon tōn meⱪōnōth sugkleiston autois, kai sugkleiston anameson tōn exeⱪomenōn. )
BrTr And this work of the bases was [fn]formed with a border to them, and there was a border between the ledges.
7:15 Gr. shut up.
ULT And he formed the two of the pillars bronze, 18 cubits was the height of the one pillar and a cord of 12 cubits surrounded the second pillar.
UST He made two bronze pillars. Each one was eight and one-third meters tall and eight and one-half around.
BSB § He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.[fn]
7:15 Each pillar was approximately 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference (8.2 meters high and 5.5 meters in circumference).
OEB For he cast the two pillars of brass for the porch of the temple. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and its circumference measured twelve cubits; the thickness of the pillar was four fingers--it was hollow. And the second pillar was similar.
WEBBE For he fashioned the two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.
LSV And he forms the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits [is] the height of the first pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits goes around the second pillar.
FBV He cast two columns in bronze. They were both eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
T4T He made two bronze pillars. Each one was 27 feet tall and 18 feet around. Each was hollow, and the walls of the pillars were 3 in./7.4 cm. thick.
LEB He cast the two pillars out of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of the first, and a cord of twelve cubits would encircle the second pillar.
BBE He it was who made the two brass pillars; the first pillar was eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits went round it; and the second was the same.
Moff No Moff 1KI book available
JPS Thus he fashioned the two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high each; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it about; and so the other pillar.
ASV For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.
DRA And he cast two pillars in brass, each pillar was eighteen cubits high: and a line of twelve cubits compassed both the pillars.
YLT And 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.
Drby And he formed the two pillars of brass; the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed the second pillar.
RV For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.
Wbstr For he cast two pillars of brass, each of eighteen cubits high: and a line of twelve cubits did encompass each of them.
KJB-1769 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.[fn]
7.15 cast: Heb. fashioned
KJB-1611 [fn]For he cast two pillars of brasse of eighteene cubites high a piece: and a line of twelue cubites did compasse either of them about.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
7:15 Hebr. fashioned.
Bshps For he cast two pillers of brasse of eyghteene cubites hie a peece: & a string of twelue cubites did compasse either of them about.
(For he cast two pillars of brass of eighteene cubits high a peece: and a string of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.)
Gnva For he cast two pillars of brasse: ye height of a pillar was eighteene cubites, and a threede of twelue cubites did compasse either of ye pillars.
(For he cast two pillars of brass: ye/you_all height of a pillar was eighteen cubits, and a threade of twelve cubits did compass either of ye/you_all pillars. )
Cvdl and made two brasen pilers, ether of them eightene cubites hye: and a threde of xij. cubites was the measure aboute both ye pilers:
(and made two brasen pillars, ether of them eighteen cubits hye: and a threde of xij. cubits was the measure about both ye/you_all pillars:)
Wycl And he made twey pilers of bras, o piler of eiytene cubitis of hiythe; and a lyne of twelue cubitis cumpasside euer either piler.
(And he made two pillars of brass, o pillar of eighteen cubits of hiythe; and a lyne of twelve cubits cumpasside ever either pillar.)
Luth Und machte zwo eherne Säulen, eine jegliche achtzehn Ellen hoch; und ein Faden von zwölf Ellen war das Maß um jegliche Säule her.
(And made zwo eherne Säulen, one jegliche achtzehn Ellen hoch; and a Faden from zwölf Ellen what/which the Maß around/by/for jegliche Säule her.)
ClVg Et finxit duas columnas æreas, decem et octo cubitorum altitudinis columnam unam: et linea duodecim cubitorum ambiebat columnam utramque.[fn]
(And finxit duas columnas æreas, ten and octo cubitorum altitudinis columnam unam: and linea twelve cubitorum ambiebat columnam utramque. )
7.15 Et finxit. BED. ubi supra, cap. 18. Columna ante fores templi decem et octo cubitis alta est, etc., usque ad a recta via qua ad promissam patriam gradimur, ulla in parte declinemus. Decem, etc. Ter enim seni decem et octo faciunt: tria, scilicet ad fidem pertinent propter Trinitatem; sex ad operationem, quia sex diebus factus est mundus, tria per sex multiplicantur, cum justus ex fide vivit et cognitionem piæ fidei cumulat exsecutione bonæ actionis. Et linea. BEDA, ibid. Norma apostolicæ institutionis ambit columnam utramque, cum doctor Judæis vel gentibus prædicare missus, ea tantum facere curat et docere, quæ per apostolos accepit et didicit Ecclesia. Nam qui aliter docere, vivere vel prædicare voluerit, et apostolica decreta spernere vel pro libito suo nova statuere, non est columna in templo Dei: quia dum apostolica instituta sequi contemnit, vel exilitate inertiæ, vel elationis grossitudine duodecim cubitorum lineæ non convenit.
7.15 And finxit. BED. where supra, cap. 18. Columna before fores templi ten and octo cubitis alta it_is, etc., until to from recta road which to promissam patriam gradimur, ulla in in_part/partly declinemus. Decem, etc. Ter because seni ten and octo faciunt: tria, scilicet to faith pertinent propter Trinitatem; sex to operationem, because sex days factus it_is mundus, tria through sex multiplicantur, when/with justus from fide vivit and cognitionem piæ of_faith cumulat exsecutione bonæ actionis. And linea. BEDA, ibid. Norma apostolicæ institutionis ambit columnam utramque, when/with doctor Yudæis or nations prædicare missus, ea only facere curat and docere, which through apostolos accepit and didicit Ecclesia. Nam who aliter docere, vivere or prædicare voluerit, and apostolica decreta spernere or for libito his_own nova statuere, not/no it_is columna in temple of_God: because dum apostolica instituta sequi contemnit, or exilitate inertiæ, or elationis grossitudine twelve cubitorum lineæ not/no convenit.
7:15-22 The two bronze pillars were probably free-standing since the narrator describes them here rather than in the earlier discussion of the Temple structure (6:3-6).
Note 1 topic: translate-bdistance
eighteen cubits … twelve cubits
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_laid_siege DOM two_of the,pillars copper/brass/bronze//coin eight teen cubits height the,pillar the=one and,line two/dual teen cubits encircle DOM the,pillar the=second )
A cubit is about 46 centimeters. Alternate translation: “about 8.3 meters … 5.5 meters”
in circumference
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_laid_siege DOM two_of the,pillars copper/brass/bronze//coin eight teen cubits height the,pillar the=one and,line two/dual teen cubits encircle DOM the,pillar the=second )
Circumference is the distance or measurement around a circular object or area.