ris3n's Apologetics Codex

Passage

1 Kings 6.38

Book: 1 Kings · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

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ASV (ASV)

"36. And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams. 37. In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Ziv."

"38. And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it." (1 Kings 6:36-38, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"36. He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams. 37. The foundation of Yahweh’s house was laid in the fourth year, in the month Ziv."

"38. In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts, and according to all its specifications. So he spent seven years building it." (1 Kings 6:36-38, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"36. And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. 37. In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:"

"38. And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. through out: or, with all the parts thereof, and with all the ordinances thereof" (1 Kings 6:36-38, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"36. And he buildeth the inner court, three rows of hewn work, and a row of beams of cedar. 37. In the fourth year hath the house of Jehovah been founded, in the month Zif,"

"38. and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, [that is] the eighth month, hath the house been finished in all its matters, and in all its ordinances, and he buildeth it seven years." (1 Kings 6:36-38, YLT)

Setting

  • Speaker: narrator (anonymous; deuteronomistic-school)
  • Audience: exilic / post-exilic Israel
  • Location: united and divided kingdoms (Israel + Judah)
  • Time period: events c. 970-850 BC; composed c. 600-550 BC

Theological reading

Key words

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

  • ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
  • WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
  • KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
  • YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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