1 Kings 6:17
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
In other versions
And the house, that is, the temple before `the oracle', was forty cubits `long'.
ASV
And the house, that is, the Temple, in front of the holy place was forty cubits long.
BBE
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
DBY
The house, that is, the temple before [the oracle], was forty cubits [long].
WEB
And forty by the cubit was the house, it `is' the temple before `it'.
YLT
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
ENG
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
WBT
And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
BSB
In context
15And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
16And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
17And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
18And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
19And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.