Jeremiah 52:21

²¹ And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet [1] of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

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Other Translations of Jeremiah 52:21

New International Version

²¹ Each pillar was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumferenceThat is, about 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference or about 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference ; each was four fingers thick, and hollow.

English Standard Version

²¹ As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits,A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters its circumference was twelve cubits, and its thickness was four fingers, and it was hollow.

The Message

²¹ Each pillar stood twenty-seven feet high with a circumference of eighteen feet. The pillars were hollow, the bronze a little less than an inch thick.

New King James Version

²¹ Now concerning the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, a measuring line of twelve cubits could measure its circumference, and its thickness was four fingers; it was hollow.

New Living Translation

²¹ Each of the pillars was 27Â feet tall and 18Â feet in circumference. They were hollow, with walls 3Â inches thick.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 52:21

Commentary on Jeremiah 52:12-23

(Read Jeremiah 52:12-23)

The Chaldean army made woful havoc. But nothing is so particularly related here, as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and value shows us the more the evil of sin.