^7:9All of these were built with the best¹⁹ stones, chiseled to the right size²⁰ and cut with a saw on all sides,²¹ from the foundation to the edge of the roof²² and from the outside to the great courtyard.

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Footnotes

19 Or “valuable” (see 5:17).
20 Heb “according to the measurement of chiseled [stone].”
21 Heb “inside and out.”
22 The precise meaning of the Hebrew word טְפָחוֹת (téfakhot) is uncertain, but it is clear that the referent stands in opposition to the foundation.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

All these were made of costly stones, cut according to measure, sawed with saws, back and front, even from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the great court.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and smoothed on their inner and outer faces.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

All of these buildings were of costly stones, cut to size and sawed with saws on the inner and outer surfaces, from foundation to coping and from the outside to the great courtyard.

NLTNew Living Translation

From foundation to eaves, all these buildings were built from huge blocks of high-quality stone, cut with saws and trimmed to exact measure on all sides.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

All of these were of precious stones, according to the measurement of dressed stone, sawn with a saw on all sides; from the foundation up to the eaves and from the outside up to the great courtyard.

KJV 1900King James Version

All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

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