complete verse (1 Kings 7:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 7:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “The wall that surrounded the home was built using shaped stones in three courses/lines, then thick cedar timber were made/fixed for it in one layer. It was done like how the wall that surrounded the House of God and the courtyard were.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “All around the great courtyard there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of cut rock. The inner courtyard of the temple of the LORD and its vestibule was also made just like that.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The wide courtyard was-surrounded with a stone-wall. For every three-layers of its trimmed stones were-overlapped with cedar wood. These were also like the making of the stone-wall of the inside courtyard of the temple of the LORD and of the porch.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The palace courtyard, the inner courtyard in front of the temple, and the entrance room of the temple had walls made by putting down three layers of cut stones between each layer of cedar beams.” (Source: Translation for Translators)