1 Kings 10:20
What does 1 Kings 10:20 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 10:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And twelve lions were placed on the one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps, on this <FI>side<Fi> and on that; it hath not been made so for any kingdom.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And twelve little lions stood upon the six steps, on the one side and on the other: there was no such work made in any kingdom.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
Context
v.19There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
v.20This passage
v.21And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 5:5
and one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath overcome to open the book and the seven seals thereof.
- Numbers 23:24
Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.
- Numbers 24:9
He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that curseth thee.
- Genesis 49:9
Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
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