VersePhraseExplanation
Gen 6:15cubitsA cubit was a unit of measure, a little less than half a meter long.
Gen 6:15three hundred cubits138 meters. You may use the Hebrew measuring units from the ULB or the metric units from the UDB or your own culture's units if you know how they compare to the metric units. You may also write a footnote that says: "Three hundred cubits is about 138 meters."
Gen 6:15fifty cubitstwenty-three meters
Gen 6:15thirty cubitsfourteen meters
Gen 6:16cubitA cubit was a little less than half a meter long. See how you translated this in [Genesis 6:15](./15.md).
Exo 25:10two and a half cubits ... one cubit and a halfA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "2.5 cubits ... 1.5 cubits" or "115 centimeters ... almost 69 centimeters"
Exo 25:17two and a half cubits ... a cubit and a halfA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "2.5 cubits ... 1.5 cubits" or "115 centimeters ... 69 centimeters"
Exo 25:23two cubits ... one cubit ... a cubit and a halfA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "2 cubits ... 1 cubit ... 1.5 cubits" or "92 centimeters ... 46 centimeters ... 69 centimeters"
Exo 26:2twenty-eight cubits ... four cubits28 cubits ... 4 cubits. A cubit is 46 centimeters.
Exo 26:8cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters.
Exo 26:13cubitA cubit is 46 centimeters.
Exo 27:1five cubits long and five cubits wide2.2 meters long on each side
Exo 27:1The altar must be square and three cubits highThe altar must be square and 1.3 meters high
Exo 27:1cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters.
Exo 27:9one hundred cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "44 meters"
Exo 27:14fifteen cubitsabout seven meters
Exo 27:18one hundred cubits100 cubits. A cubit is 46 centimeters.
Exo 28:16spanA span is 22 centimeters.
Exo 36:21ten cubits ... one and a half cubits10 cubits ... 1.5 cubits
Exo 37:1two and a half cubits ... one cubit and a halfA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "2.5 cubits ... 1.5 cubits" or "115 centimeters ... 69 centimeters"
Exo 37:6two and a half cubits ... one and a half cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "2.5 cubits ... 1.5 cubits" or "115 centimeters ... 69 centimeters"
Exo 37:10two cubits ... one cubit ... one and a half cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "2 cubits ... 1 cubit ... 1.5 cubits" or "92 centimeters ... 46 centimeters ... 69 centimeters"
Exo 37:12handbreadthThis was the width of a man's hand with fingers spread out.
Exo 37:25cubitA cubit is 46 centimeters.
Exo 38:1cubitsOne cubit is 46 centimeters.
Exo 38:9cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters.
Exo 38:11cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters.
Exo 38:13cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters.
Exo 38:18cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters.
Exo 39:9spanA span is 23 centimeters.
Num 11:31about two cubitsA cubit is a unit of measurement equal to about 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "about 92 centimeters" or "about 1 meter"
Num 35:5two thousand cubits2,000 cubits. A cubit is 46 centimeters.
Deu 3:11cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters.
Jos 3:4two thousand cubits2,000 cubits. The word "cubit" is a measurement equaling the distance from the elbow to the finger tips.
Jdg 3:16one cubitIf it is necessary to use a modern measurement of length, here are two ways of doing it. Alternate Translation: "46 centimeters" or "about one half meter"
1Sa 17:4six cubits and a spanA cubit is a unit of measurement equal to about 46 centimeters. A span is a unit of measurement equal to about 23 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "about 3 meters"
1Ki 6:3twenty cubits ... ten cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "9.2 meters ... 4.6 meters"
1Ki 6:6five cubits ... six cubits ... seven cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "about 2.3 meters ... about 2.8 meters ... about 3.2 meters"
1Ki 6:10five cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "2.3 meters"
1Ki 6:16twenty cubits ... forty cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "9.2 meters ... 18.4 meters"
1Ki 6:17twenty cubits ... forty cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "9.2 meters ... 18.4 meters"
1Ki 6:23ten cubits ... five cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "4.6 meters ... 2.3 meters"
1Ki 6:24ten cubits ... five cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "4.6 meters ... 2.3 meters"
1Ki 7:2one hundred cubits ... fifty cubits ... thirty cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "46 meters ... 23 meters ... 13.8 meters"
1Ki 7:6fifty cubits ... thirty cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "23 meters ... 13.8 meters"
1Ki 7:10eight and ten cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "about 3.7 meters and 4.6 meters"
1Ki 7:15eighteen cubits ... twelve cubits ... five cubitsA cubit is about 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "about 8.3 meters ... 5.5 meters ... 2.3 cubits"
1Ki 7:16eighteen cubits ... twelve cubits ... five cubitsA cubit is about 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "about 8.3 meters ... 5.5 meters ... 2.3 cubits"
1Ki 7:19four cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "about 1.8 meters"
1Ki 7:23ten cubits ... five cubits ... thirty cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "4.6 meters ... 2.3 meters ... 13.8 meters"
1Ki 7:27four cubits ... three cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "about 1.8 meters ... about 1.4 meters"
1Ki 7:31a cubit and a half ... a cubitA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "about 70 centimeters ... about 50 centimeters"
1Ki 7:32a cubit and a halfA cubit was 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "about 70 centimeters"
1Ki 7:35half a cubit deepA cubit was 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "twenty-three centimeters wide"
1Ki 7:38four cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "about 1.8 meters"
2Ki 14:13cubitsA cubit was about 46 centimeters.
2Ki 25:17eighteen cubits ... three cubitsA cubit was 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "about 8.3 meters ... about 1.4 meters"
1Ch 11:23five cubitsA "cubit" is a unit of measurement equal to 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "2.3 meters"
2Ch 3:4twenty cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "9.2 meters"
2Ch 3:8twenty cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "9.2 meters"
2Ch 3:11twenty cubits ... five cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "9.2 meters ... 2.3 meters"
2Ch 3:13twenty cubitsA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "9.2 meters"
2Ch 4:1twenty cubits ... ten cubits ... five cubits ... thirty cubits ... each cubitA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "9.2 meters ... 4.6 meters ... 2.3 meters ... 13.8 meters ... every 46 centimeters"
2Ch 4:2twenty cubits ... ten cubits ... five cubits ... thirty cubits ... each cubitA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "9.2 meters ... 4.6 meters ... 2.3 meters ... 13.8 meters ... every 46 centimeters"
2Ch 4:3twenty cubits ... ten cubits ... five cubits ... thirty cubits ... each cubitA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "9.2 meters ... 4.6 meters ... 2.3 meters ... 13.8 meters ... every 46 centimeters"
2Ch 4:5thick as the width of a handThis is about 8 centimeters.
2Ch 6:13five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits highYou may convert these to modern measures. Alternate Translation: "two and one-third meters long, two and one-third meters wide, and one and one-half meters high"
Neh 3:13a thousand cubits1,000 cubits. This may be written in modern measurements. Alternate Translation: "460 meters"
Jer 52:21eighteen cubits ... twelve cubitsA cubit was about 46 centimeters long. Alternate Translation: "18 cubits ... 12 cubits" or "about 8.3 meters ... about 5.5 meters"
Jer 52:22five cubitsA cubit was about 46 centimeters long. Alternate Translation: "5 cubits" or "about 2.3 meters"
Ezk 40:5Each long cubit was a cubit and a handbreadth in lengthEach "long cubit" was about 54 centimeters. You may choose not to include this information if you give modern measurements instead of "cubits" as the UDB does. Alternate Translation: "These were the long cubits, which were the length of a regular cubit plus a handbreadth"
Ezk 40:5a handbreadththe width of a hand. This was about 8 centimeters.
Ezk 40:7five cubitsabout 2.7 meters
Ezk 40:9two cubitsabout one meter
Ezk 40:11ten cubitsabout 5.4 meters
Ezk 40:14sixty cubitsabout 32 meters
Ezk 40:19one hundred cubitsabout 54 meters
Ezk 40:21fifty cubitsabout 27 meters.
Ezk 40:25fifty cubitsabout 27 meters
Ezk 40:27one hundred cubitsabout 54 meters
Ezk 40:29fifty cubitsabout 27 meters
Ezk 40:33fifty cubitsabout 27 meters
Ezk 40:36fifty cubitsabout 27 meters
Ezk 40:42one and a half cubitsabout 0.8 meter
Ezk 40:43a handbreadth in lengthabout 8 centimeters
Ezk 40:47one hundred cubitsabout 54 meters
Ezk 40:48five cubitsabout 2.7 meters
Ezk 41:1six cubitsabout 3.2 meters.
Ezk 41:1cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md).
Ezk 41:2ten cubitsabout 5.4 meters
Ezk 41:2five cubitsabout 2.7 meters
Ezk 41:2forty cubitsabout 22 meters
Ezk 41:2twenty cubitsabout 11 meters
Ezk 41:3two cubitsabout 1.1 meter
Ezk 41:3cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:05](../40/05.md).
Ezk 41:3six cubitsabout 3.2 meters
Ezk 41:3seven cubitsabout 3.8 meters
Ezk 41:4twenty cubitsabout 11 meters
Ezk 41:5six cubitsabout 3.2 meters
Ezk 41:5cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:05](../40/05.md).
Ezk 41:8cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:05](../40/05.md).
Ezk 41:8six cubitsabout 3.2 meters
Ezk 41:9five cubitsabout 2.7 meters
Ezk 41:10twenty cubitsabout 11 meters
Ezk 41:10cubitsSee how you translated these "long" cubits in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md).
Ezk 41:11five cubitsabout 2.7 meters
Ezk 41:12seventy cubits ... five cubits ... ninety cubits ... one hundred cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). "70 cubits ... 5 cubits ... 90 cubits ... 100 cubits" or "about 38 meters ... about 2.7 meters ... about 49 meters ... about 54 meters"
Ezk 41:13seventy cubits ... five cubits ... ninety cubits ... one hundred cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). "70 cubits ... 5 cubits ... 90 cubits ... 100 cubits" or "about 38 meters ... about 2.7 meters ... about 49 meters ... about 54 meters"
Ezk 41:15one hundred cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). "100 cubits" or "about 54 meters"
Ezk 41:22three cubits ... two cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "about 1.6 meters ... about 1.1 meters"
Ezk 42:2one hundred cubits ... fifty cubits ... twenty cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "100 cubits ... 50 cubits ... 20 cubits" or "about 54 meters ... about 27 meters ... about 11 meters"
Ezk 42:3one hundred cubits ... fifty cubits ... twenty cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "100 cubits ... 50 cubits ... 20 cubits" or "about 54 meters ... about 27 meters ... about 11 meters"
Ezk 42:4ten cubits ... one hundred cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "10 cubits ... 100 cubits" or "about 5.4 meters ... about 54 meters"
Ezk 42:7fifty cubits ... one hundred cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "50 cubits ... 100 cubits" or "about 27 meters ... about 54 meters"
Ezk 42:8fifty cubits ... one hundred cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "50 cubits ... 100 cubits" or "about 27 meters ... about 54 meters"
Ezk 42:16five hundred cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "500 cubits" or "about 270 meters"
Ezk 42:20five hundred cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "500 cubits" or "about 270 meters"
Ezk 43:13a cubit ... two cubits ... four cubitsEach "long cubit" was about 54 centimeters. You may choose not to include this information if you give modern measurements instead of "cubits" as the UDB does. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "about 54 centimeters ... about 1.1 meters ... about 2.2 meters"
Ezk 43:13one spanA span was 23 centimeters. You may choose not to include this information if you give modern measurements instead of "cubits" as the UDB does. Alternate Translation: "about 23 centimeters"
Ezk 43:14a cubit ... two cubits ... four cubitsEach "long cubit" was about 54 centimeters. You may choose not to include this information if you give modern measurements instead of "cubits" as the UDB does. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "about 54 centimeters ... about 1.1 meters ... about 2.2 meters"
Ezk 43:15four cubits ... twelve cubits ... fourteen cubits ... a half cubit ... a cubitEach "long cubit" was about 54 centimeters. You may choose not to include this information if you give modern measurements instead of "cubits" as the UDB does. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "about 2.2 meters ... about 6.5 meters ... about 7.6 meters ... about 27 centimeters ... about 54 centimeters"
Ezk 43:16four cubits ... twelve cubits ... fourteen cubits ... a half cubit ... a cubitEach "long cubit" was about 54 centimeters. You may choose not to include this information if you give modern measurements instead of "cubits" as the UDB does. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "about 2.2 meters ... about 6.5 meters ... about 7.6 meters ... about 27 centimeters ... about 54 centimeters"
Ezk 43:17four cubits ... twelve cubits ... fourteen cubits ... a half cubit ... a cubitEach "long cubit" was about 54 centimeters. You may choose not to include this information if you give modern measurements instead of "cubits" as the UDB does. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "about 2.2 meters ... about 6.5 meters ... about 7.6 meters ... about 27 centimeters ... about 54 centimeters"
Ezk 45:1twenty-five thousand cubits in length ... ten thousand cubits in width ... five hundred cubits ... fifty cubits in widthEach cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "25,000 cubits long ... 10,000 cubits wide ... 500 cubits ... 50 cubits wide" or "about 13.5 kilometers long ... about 5.4 kilometers wide ... about 270 meters ... about 27 meters wide"
Ezk 45:2twenty-five thousand cubits in length ... ten thousand cubits in width ... five hundred cubits ... fifty cubits in widthEach cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "25,000 cubits long ... 10,000 cubits wide ... 500 cubits ... 50 cubits wide" or "about 13.5 kilometers long ... about 5.4 kilometers wide ... about 270 meters ... about 27 meters wide"
Ezk 45:3twenty-five thousand cubits ... ten thousandEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "25,000 cubits ... 10,000 cubits" or "about 13.5 kilometers ... about 5.4 kilometers"
Ezk 45:6five thousand cubits ... twenty-five thousandEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "5,000 cubits ... 25,000 cubits" or "about 2.7 kilometers ... about 13.5 kilometers"
Ezk 46:22forty cubits ... thirtyEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "40 cubits ... 30 cubits" or "about 21.6 meters ... about 16.2 meters"
Ezk 47:3one thousand cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "1,000 cubits" or "about 540 meters"
Ezk 48:8twenty-five thousand cubits ... ten thousand cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "25,000 cubits ... 10,000 cubits" or "13.5 kilometers ... 5.4 kilometers"
Ezk 48:9twenty-five thousand cubits ... ten thousand cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "25,000 cubits ... 10,000 cubits" or "13.5 kilometers ... 5.4 kilometers"
Ezk 48:10twenty-five thousand cubits ... ten thousand cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "25,000 cubits ... 10,000 cubits" or "13.5 kilometers ... 5.4 kilometers"
Ezk 48:13twenty-five thousand cubits ... ten thousand cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "25,000 cubits ... 10,000 cubits" or "13.5 kilometers ... 5.4 kilometers"
Ezk 48:20twenty-five thousand cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "25,000 cubits" or "about 13.5 kilometers"
Ezk 48:21twenty-five thousand cubitsEach long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate Translation: "25,000 cubits" or "about 13.5 kilometers"
Dan 3:1sixty cubits tall and six cubits wideA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "about 27 meters tall and almost 3 meters wide"
Zec 5:2twenty cubits long and ten cubits wideA cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate Translation: "9.2 meters long and 4.6 meters wide"