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1 Kings 7:15
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KJ21
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits compassed each of them about.
ASV
For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.
AMP
He cast the two pillars of bronze; the one pillar was eighteen cubits high, and a [measuring] line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both.
AMPC
He fashioned the two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference.
BRG
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
CSB
He cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.
CSBA
He cast two bronze pillars, each 8 metres high and 5.4 metres in circumference.
CEB
He cast two bronze pillars. Each one was twenty-seven feet high and required a cord of eighteen feet to reach around it.
CJB
He made the two bronze columns, each one thirty-one-and-a-half feet high and twenty-one feet in circumference.
CEV
Hiram made two bronze columns eight meters tall and almost two meters across.
DARBY
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.
DRA
And he cast two pillars in brass, each pillar was eighteen cubits high: and a line of twelve cubits compassed both the pillars.
ERV
Huram made two bronze columns for the porch. Each column was 18 cubits tall and 12 cubits around. The columns were hollow and their metal walls were 3 inches thick.
EASY
Hiram made two bronze pillars. Each pillar was 8.2 metres high and 5.5 metres around the outside. The metal itself was about 7 centimetres thick.
EHV
He cast two bronze pillars, each twenty-seven feet tall. Their circumference was eighteen feet.
ESV
He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same.
ESVUK
He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same.
EXB
He made two bronze pillars, each one ·twenty-seven feet [L eighteen cubits] tall and ·eighteen feet [L twelve cubits] ·around [in circumference].
GNV
For he cast two pillars of brass: the height of a pillar was eighteen cubits, and a thread of twelve cubits did compass either of the pillars.
GW
He made two bronze pillars. Each was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.
GNT
Huram cast two bronze columns, each one 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference, and placed them at the entrance of the Temple.
HCSB
He cast two hollow bronze pillars: each 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.
ICB
He made two bronze pillars. Each one was 27 feet tall and 18 feet around.
ISV
He fashioned two bronze pillars, each one eighteen cubits high, with a circumference of twelve cubits.
JUB
He made two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece, and a line of twelve cubits did compass each of them about.
KJV
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
AKJV
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
LSB
And he fashioned the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both.
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.
TLB
He cast two hollow bronze pillars, each twenty-seven feet high and eighteen feet around, with three-inch-thick walls.
MSG
First he cast two pillars in bronze, each twenty-seven feet tall and eighteen feet in circumference. He then cast two capitals in bronze to set on the pillars; each capital was seven and a half feet high and flared at the top in the shape of a lily. Each capital was dressed with an elaborate filigree of seven braided chains and a double row of two hundred pomegranates, setting the pillars off magnificently. He set the pillars up in the entrance porch to The Temple; the pillar to the south he named Security (Jachin) and the pillar to the north Stability (Boaz). The capitals were in the shape of lilies. When the pillars were finished, Hiram’s next project was to make the Sea—an immense round basin of cast metal fifteen feet in diameter, seven and a half feet tall, and forty-five feet in circumference. Just under the rim there were two bands of decorative gourds, ten gourds to each foot and a half. The gourds were cast in one piece with the Sea.
MEV
He cast two pillars of bronze eighteen cubits high each and twelve cubits in circumference.
NOG
He made two bronze pillars. Each was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.
NABRE
He fashioned two bronze columns, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
NASB
He fashioned the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of each pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both.
NASB1995
He fashioned the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both.
NCB
He cast two bronze pillars, each of them measured eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
NCV
He made two bronze pillars, each one twenty-seven feet tall and eighteen feet around.
NET
He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.
NIRV
Huram made two bronze pillars. Each of them was 27 feet high. And each was 18 feet around.
NIV
He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
NIVUK
He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
NKJV
And he cast two pillars of bronze, each one eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of each.
NLV
He made the two pillars of brass. One of them was five times taller than a man. And the length around each of them was as far as six long steps.
NLT
Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.
NRSVA
He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one, and a cord of twelve cubits would encircle it; the second pillar was the same.
NRSVACE
He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one, and a cord of twelve cubits would encircle it; the second pillar was the same.
NRSVCE
He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of the one, and a cord of twelve cubits would encircle it; the second pillar was the same.
NRSVUE
He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of the one, and a cord of twelve cubits would encircle it; the second pillar was the same.
OJB
For he cast two ammudim of nechoshet, of 18 cubits high apiece; and a line of 12 cubits did compass either of them about.
RGT
For he cast two pillars of bronze. The height of a pillar was eighteen cubits, and a thread of twelve cubits surrounded each of the pillars.
RSV
He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference; it was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers; the second pillar was the same.
RSVCE
He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference; it was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers; the second pillar was the same.
TLV
He fashioned the two bronze pillars, 18 cubits high and 12 cubits in circumference each.
VOICE
He crafted the 2 bronze columns. Each one of them was 27 feet high, and the circumference of both was 18 feet.
WEB
For he fashioned the two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them.
WYC
And he made two pillars of brass, one pillar of eighteen cubits of height; and a line of twelve cubits compassed ever either pillar. (And he made two bronze pillars, each pillar eighteen cubits in height; and it took a cord twelve cubits long to go all around either pillar.)
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.
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