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Date "CUBITE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 12, Verse 25 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | TiV de ex umwn merimnwn dunatai prosqeinai epi thn hlikian autou phcun ena |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quis autem vestrum cogitando potest adicere ad staturam suam cubitum unum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Hwylc eower mæg þencende ican ane elne: to his anlicnesse. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Forsothe who of you bythenkynge may adde o cubite to his stature? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Which of you with takynge thought can adde to his stature one cubit? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And which of you by solicitude can add to his stature one cubit? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself any taller? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 12, Verse 25 |
| Cebuano | Ug kinsa man kaninyoy makadugang ug usa ka takna sa gitas-on sa iyang kinabuhi pinaagi sa pagkabalaka? |
| Chinese | 們 那 一 個 能 " 思 慮 、 使 壽 數 多 一 刻 呢 。 " 或 作 使 身 量 多 一 肘 呢 〕 |
| Croatian | A tko od vas zabrinutošæu može svojemu stasu dodati lakat? |
| Danish | Og hvem af eder kan ved at bekymre sig lægge en Alen til sin Vækst? |
| Dutch | Wie toch van u kan, met bezorgd te zijn, een el tot zijn lengte toedoen? |
| Finnish | Ja kuka teistä voi murehtimisellaan lisätä ikäänsä kyynäränkään vertaa? |
| French | Qui de vous, par ses inquiétudes, peut ajouter une coudée la durée de sa vie? |
| German | Welcher ist unter euch, ob er schon darum sorget, der da könnte eine Elle seiner Länge zusetzen? |
| Hungarian | Kicsoda pedig az közületek, a ki aggodalmaskodásával megnövelheti termetét egy arasszal? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Siapakah di antara kalian yang dengan kekhawatirannya dapat memperpanjang umurnya biarpun sedikit? |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Siapakah di antara kamu dengan kuatirnya dapat melanjutkan umurnya barang sedikit pun? |
| Korean | 또 너 희 중 에 누 가 염 함 으 로 그 키 를 한 자 나 " 수 있 느 냐 ? |
| Latvian | Bet kas no jums rûpçjoties var pagarinât savu augumu par vienu olekti? |
| Manx Gaelic | Quoi jiuish liorish smooinaghtyn dy imneagh oddys un chubit y chur gys e yrjid hene? |
| Maori | A ko wai o koutou e taea e ia te whakaaro iho, te hono tetahi wahi ki tona roa, kia kotahi te whatianga? |
| Norwegian | Og hvem av eder kan med all sin bekymring legge en alen til sin livslengde? |
| Rumanian | Wi apoi, cine dintre voi, chiar kngrijorkndu-se, poate sq adauge un cot la lungimea vieyii lui? |
| Russian | дБ Й ЛФП ЙЪ ЧБУ, ЪБ'ПФСУШ, НПЦЕФ ТЙ'БЧЙФШ УЕ'Е ТПУФБ ИПФС ОБ П"ЙО МПЛПФШ? |
| Shuar | Tura ya shuarak, ti Enentáimtana nujai Nú naya ajasminiait. |
| Spanish | ¿Quién de vosotros podrá, con afanarse, añadir un codo a su estatura? |
| Swahili | Ni nani kati yenu kwa kuwa na wasiwasi anaweza kuongeza urefu wa maisha yake? |
| Swedish | Vilken av eder kan med allt sitt bekymmer lägga en aln till sin livslängd? |
| Uma | Napa wo'o kalaua-na wori' rahi pekiri-ni? Apa' nau' sese' ncuu-ta mpopekiri, uma-ta bisa mpodonihii umuru-ta nau' kampa' hamengi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-i-t-u" | |
-1 letter: cubit, cutie. | |
-2 letters: bice, bite, bute, cite, cube, cute, etic, etui, tube. | |
-3 letters: bet, bit, but, cub, cue, cut, ecu, ice, tic, tie, tub, tui. | |
-4 letters: be, bi, et, it, ti, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-e-i-t-u" | |
+2 letters: bluetick, incubate. | |
+3 letters: bacterium, bifurcate, blueticks, bounciest, bucketing, bunchiest, chubbiest, clubbiest, columbite, crumbiest, incubated, incubates, incumbent, interclub, lubricate, rubricate. | |
+4 letters: beautician, becrusting, bifurcated, bifurcates, binucleate, butcheries, butchering, columbites, combustive, contribute, counterbid, crumbliest, cubicities, cultivable, deductible, eurybathic, incubative, incumbents, lubricated, lubricates, orbiculate, outbitched, outbitches, outclimbed, rubricated, rubricates, scrubbiest, subcabinet, subcutises, subdialect, subjecting, subjection, subjective, subsection, subsociety, superbitch, tuberculin, umbilicate. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 55 42 49 54 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. ..- -... .. - . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01010101 01000010 01001001 01010100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C U B I T E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0055 0042 0049 0054 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)375536435439 |
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