1 Kings 7:38

What does 1 Kings 7:38 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 7:38 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 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then made he 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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he made ten brass washing-vessels, everyone taking forty baths, and measuring four cubits; one vessel was placed on every one of the ten bases.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And he maketh ten lavers of brass; forty baths doth the one laver contain, four by the cubit <FI>is<Fi> the one laver, one laver on the one base <FI>is<Fi> to the ten bases;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He made also ten lavers of brass: one laver contained four bates, and was of four cubits: and upon every base, in all ten, he put as many lavers.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.37After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.

v.38This passage

v.39And he set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.

Cross references

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

  • 2 Chronicles 4:6

    He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

  • Exodus 30:17

    And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Revelation 7:14

    And I say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

  • Exodus 38:8

    And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the ministering women that ministered at the door of the tent of meeting.

  • Exodus 30:28

    and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof.

  • 1 John 1:7

    but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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