Exodus 25:33

What does Exodus 25:33 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 25:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower, on all the branches.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

three calyxes made like almonds in the one branch, a knop and a flower, and three calyxes made like almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; so for the six branches which are coming out from the candlestick.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Three cups as it were nuts to every branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily: and three cups likewise of the fashion of nuts in the other branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily. Such shall be the work of the six branches, that are to come out from the shaft:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

three cups shaped like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower: and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the lamp-stand.

Context

v.32and there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

v.33This passage

v.34and in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;

Cross references

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

  • Exodus 37:19

    three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower, and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick.

  • Numbers 17:4

    And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

  • Zechariah 4:3

    and two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.

  • Jeremiah 1:11

    Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond-tree.

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