Nine cubites was the length thereof, and foure cubites the breadth of it, after the cubite of a man.- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan(For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Nine cubites was the length thereof, and foure cubites the breadth of it, after the cubite of a man.”
"Most of the doors of the houses which lead into the streets or open fields are so low, that it is impossible to enter them without stooping; but the large buildings and the ends of the streets have lofty gateways, which are always tastefully constructed, and often decorated with sculptures and Greek inscriptions." Onkelos renders it, after the king's cubit; and the king's cubit at Babylon, according to Herodotus (u), was larger by three fingers than the common one; such as the cubit in Ezekiel 40:5, which was a cubit and an hand's breadth; and this makes the dimensions of the bedstead yet larger. nine cubits was the length of it, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. In Psalm 29:6, Sirion is used poetically for Hermon; and Ezekiel (Ezekiel 27:4) uses Senir, in a mournful dirge over Tyre, as synonymous with Lebanon; whilst Senir is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 5:23, and Shenir in Sol 4:8, in connection with Hermon, as a part of Antilibanus, as it might very naturally happen that the Amoritish name continued attached to one or other of the peaks of the mountain, just as we find that even Arabian geographers, such as Abulfeda and Maraszid, call that portion of Antilibanus which stretches from Baalbek to Emesa (Homs, Heliopolis) by the name of Sanir.
In these districts the limestone and chalk formations prevail, which present the same contrast to the basaltic formation of the Hauran as white does to black (cf. Deuteronomy 3:11 Context. Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, after the cubit of a man.). 11 For onely Og King of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedsted was a bedsted of yron: is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? 11For onely Og King of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedsted was a bedsted of yron: is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon?
This is a most unlikely supposition, and besides renders it necessary to consider the latter clause of this verse as an interpolation inserted long after the time of Moses. For onely Og King of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedsted was a bedsted of yron: is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits its length, and four cubits its breadth, by the cubit of a man.- Youngs Literal Bible For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon?
)- New American Standard Version (1995)(For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? xiii. Only Og remained of the remnant of giants â, For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament.
For, only Og, king of Bashan was left remaining of the remnant of the giants, lo! His bedstead.âThe word may mean either bedstead or coffin. It's in Rabbah of the Ammonites, isn't it? (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; isn't it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon?