1 Kings 7:24
What does 1 Kings 7:24 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 7:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And under the edge of it, circling it all round for ten cubits, were two lines of flower buds, made together with it from liquid metal.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and knops beneath its brim round about are compassing it, ten by the cubit, going round the sea round about; in two rows <FI>are<Fi> the knops, cast in its being cast.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And a graven work, under the brim of it, compassed it for ten cubits going about the sea: there were two rows cast of chamfered sculptures.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And under the brim of it round about there were colocynths, encompassing it, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about; two rows of colocynths, cast when it was cast.
Context
v.23And 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.
v.24This passage
v.25It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 25:31
And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it:
- 2 Chronicles 4:3
And under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
- Exodus 37:17
And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, were of one piece with it.
- 1 Kings 6:18
And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
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