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1 Kings 7:27

What does 1 Kings 7:27 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 7:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he made ten wheeled bases of brass; every one four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And he maketh the ten bases of brass; four by the cubit <FI>is<Fi> the length of the one base, and four by the cubit its breadth, and three by the cubit its height.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he made ten bases of brass, every base was four cubits in length, and four cubits in breadth, and three cubits high.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he made ten bases of brass: four cubits was the length of one base, and the breadth four cubits, and the height three cubits.

Context

v.26And it was a handbreadth thick: and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.

v.27This passage

v.28And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 7:38

    And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; and every laver was four cubits; and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

  • 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.

  • 2 Kings 25:16

    The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah, the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

  • 2 Chronicles 4:14

    He made also the bases, and the lavers made he upon the bases;

  • 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.

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