Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he made two head pieces of molten brass to set on the tops of the pillars, of five cubits long apiece,
New American Standard Bible
He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five
King James Version
And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:
Holman Bible
He also made two capitals
International Standard Version
He also crafted two capitals of cast bronze and set them on top of the pillars. The height of one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
A Conservative Version
And he made two capitals of molten brass to set upon the tops of the pillars. The height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
American Standard Version
And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
Amplified
He also made two capitals (crowns) of cast bronze to put on the tops of the pillars; the height of one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
Bible in Basic English
And he made the two crowns to be put on the tops of the pillars, of brass made soft in the fire; the crowns were five cubits high.
Darby Translation
And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits;
Julia Smith Translation
And he made two crowns upon the heads of the pillars, of molten brass: five cubits the height of the one crown, and five cubits the height of the second crown.
King James 2000
And he made two capitals of molten bronze, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits:
Lexham Expanded Bible
He made two capitals to place on the tops of the pillars [out of] molten bronze; the first capital [was] five cubits [in] height, and the second capital [was] five cubits [in] height.
Modern King James verseion
And he made two capitals of melted bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital five cubits.
NET Bible
He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high.
New Heart English Bible
He made two capitals of molten brass, to set on the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
The Emphasized Bible
And, two capitals, made he, to set upon the tops of the pillars, of molten bronze, - five cubits, was the height of the one capital, and, five cubits, the height of the other capital;
Webster
And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the hight of the one capital was five cubits, and the hight of the other capital was five cubits:
World English Bible
He made two capitals of molten brass, to set on the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
Youngs Literal Translation
And two chapiters he hath made to put on the tops of the pillars, cast in brass; five cubits the height of the one chapiter, and five cubits the height of the second chapiter.
Themes
Art » Artisans, skillful » Hiram
Brass » Articles made of » Altar, vessels, and other articles of the tabernacle and temple
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Master workman » Instances of » Hiram
Mechanic » Instances of » Hiram
Pillars » Two, placed in the temple porch
Temple » Solomon's » Pillars of
Temple » Solomon's » Pattern and building of
The First Temple » The porch of » Pillars of, with their chapiters described
Interlinear
Sh@nayim
Nathan
Ro'sh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 7:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Continues To Build
15 He cast two pillars of brass of eighteen cubits apiece high, and a string of twelve cubits might compass either of them about. 16 And he made two head pieces of molten brass to set on the tops of the pillars, of five cubits long apiece, 17 with garlands of braided work and hoops of chain work for the head pieces that were on the pillars, seven for the one and seven for the other.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 36:38
and the pillars of it were five with their knops, and overlaid the heads of them and the hoops with gold, with their five sockets of brass.
Exodus 38:17
and the sockets of the pillars were brass: but the knops and the hoops of the pillars were silver, and the heads were overlaid with silver, and all the pillars of the court were hooped about with silver.
Exodus 38:19
And the pillars were four with four sockets of brass, and the knops of silver, and the heads overlaid with silver and hooped about with silver,
Exodus 38:28
And the thousand seven hundred and seventy five sicles, made knops to the pillars and overlaid the heads and hooped them.
2 Chronicles 4:12-13
The two pillars with their scalps of the two heads that were on the tops of the pillars: and the two wreaths to cover the two scalps of the heads that were on the tops of the pillars: