Jeremiah 52:21
Other Translations of Jeremiah 52:21
New International Version
21 Each pillar was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference
English Standard Version
21 As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits,
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.