1 Kings 7:23
What does 1 Kings 7:23 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 7:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he made a great metal water-vessel ten cubits across from edge to edge, five cubits high and thirty cubits round.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And he maketh the molten sea, ten by the cubit from its edge unto its edge; <FI>it is<Fi> round all about, and five by the cubit <FI>is<Fi> its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it round about;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He made also a molten sea, of ten cubits, from brim to brim, round all about; the height of it was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he made the sea, molten, ten cubits from brim to brim, round all about; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it round about.
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Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 18:8
And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
- 2 Kings 16:17
And king Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stone.
- Jeremiah 52:17
And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:20
The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah—the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
- Exodus 30:18
Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash. And thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
- 2 Kings 25:13
And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
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