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Jeremiah 52:21

And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

KJV

De columnis autem decem et octo cubiti altitudinis erant in columna una, et funiculus duodecim cubitorum circuibat eam : porro grossitudo ejus quatuor digitorum, et intrinsecus cava erat.

Vulgate

καὶ οἱ στύλοι τριάκοντα πέντε πηχῶν ὕψος τοῦ στύλου τοῦ ἑνός, καὶ σπαρτίον δώδεκα πήχεων περιεκύκλου αὐτόν, καὶ τὸ πάχος αὐτοῦ δακτύλων τεσσάρων κύκλῳ,

LXX

And as for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

ASV

וְ/הָ/עַמּוּדִ֗ים שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה אַמָּה֙ קומה קוֹמַת֙ הָ/עַמֻּ֣ד הָ/אֶחָ֔ד וְ/ח֛וּט שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה אַמָּ֖ה יְסֻבֶּ֑/נּוּ וְ/עָבְי֛/וֹ אַרְבַּ֥ע אַצְבָּע֖וֹת נָבֽוּב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אַמָּ֔ה
'mh
noun · 249×
אַרְבַּ֥ע
'rb'
adjective · 318×
וֹ
v
noun · 31×
וֹ
v
noun · 4×
וֹ
v
noun · 46×
חוּט֙
chvt
noun · 7×
נְב֥וּב
nbvb
verb · 4×
נִי
ny
verb · 158×
עַמּ֣וּד
'mvd
noun · 112×
עָשָׂ֖ר
'shr
adjective · 335×
שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה
shmnh
adjective · 109×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 7:15 — For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
  • 2Kgs 25:17 — The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about
  • Jer 52:17 — Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.