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2 Chronicles 3:4

And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

KJV

Porticum vero ante frontem, quæ tendebatur in longum juxta mensuram latitudinis domus, cubitorum viginti : porro altitudo centum viginti cubitorum erat : et deauravit eam intrinsecus auro mundissimo.

Vulgate

καὶ αἰλὰμ κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ οἴκου, μῆκος ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πλάτος τοῦ οἴκου πήχεων εἴκοσι, καὶ ὕψος πήχεων ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι· καὶ κατεχρύσωσεν αὐτὸν ἔσωθεν χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ.

LXX

And the porch that was before the house, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

ASV

וְ/הָ/אוּלָ֡ם אֲשֶׁר֩ עַל פְּנֵ֨י הָ/אֹ֜רֶךְ עַל פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב הַ/בַּ֨יִת֙ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְ/הַ/גֹּ֖בַהּ מֵאָ֣ה וְ/עֶשְׂרִ֑ים וַ/יְצַפֵּ֥/הוּ מִ/פְּנִ֖ימָה זָהָ֥ב טָהֽוֹר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אַמָּ֔ה
'mh
noun · 249×
אֻלָ֥ם
'lm
noun · 34×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
וֹ
v
noun · 95×
וֹ
v
noun · 17×
זָהָ֖ב
zhb
noun · 388×
טָה֑וֹר
thvr
adjective · 94×
יְצַ֥ף
ytsp
verb · 47×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים
'shrym
adjective · 313×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
פְּנִ֖ימָה
pnymh
adverb · 13×
רֹ֖חַב
rchb
noun · 101×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 6:10 — And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
  • Ezek 40:48 — And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and