Exodus 36:34

What does Exodus 36:34 mean?

Q: What does Exodus 36:34 mean?

Exodus 36:34 reads, “And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.” Read it in seven English translations with cross-references and historical context on Devine Scripture.

A plain-English look at Exodus 36:34 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

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WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

All the boards were plated with gold, and the rings through which the rods went were of gold, and the rods were plated with gold.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the boards he hath overlaid with gold, and their rings he hath made of gold, places for bars, and he overlayeth the bars with gold.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the boards themselves he overlaid with gold casting for them sockets of silver. And their rings he made of gold, through which the bars might be drawn: and he covered the bars themselves with plates of gold.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he overlaid the boards with gold; and made their rings of gold [as] receptacles for the bars; and overlaid the bars with gold.

Context

v.33And he made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other.

v.34This passage

v.35And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, made he it.

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