Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And under the edge of it, circling it all round for ten cubits, were two lines of flower buds, made together with it from liquid metal.
New American Standard Bible
Under its brim
King James Version
And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
Holman Bible
Ornamental gourds
International Standard Version
Under the brim, completely encircling it, were two rows of gourds inlaid as part of the original casting, ten to a cubit.
A Conservative Version
And under the brim of it round about there were knops which encompassed it, for ten cubits, encompassing the sea round about. The knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
American Standard Version
And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
Amplified
Under its brim were gourds encircling it ten to a cubit, completely surrounding the Sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast in one piece with it.
Darby Translation
And under the brim of it round about there were colocynths, encompassing it, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about; two rows of colocynths, cast when it was cast.
Julia Smith Translation
And ornaments from beneath to its lip round about surrounding it, ten by the cubit, folding round the sea round about: two rows of ornaments being cast in its casting.
King James 2000
And under the brim of it round about there were knobs compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knobs were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Gourds [were] under its rim surrounding it all around; ten to the cubit, surrounding the sea all around with two rows of gourds, [which] were cast when he cast the metal.
Modern King James verseion
And under its brim were gourds, going around it, ten by the cubit, going all around the sea. The gourds were cast in two rows when it was cast.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and under the brim of it as it were apples compassed and embraced the sea of ten cubits wide in two rows cast with it when it was cast.
NET Bible
Under the rim all the way around it were round ornaments arranged in settings 15 feet long. The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with "The Sea."
New Heart English Bible
Under its brim around there were buds which encircled it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea: the buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
The Emphasized Bible
And, colocynths, were under the brim thereof round about, encompassing it, ten in a cubit, encircling the sea, round about, - two rows of colocynths, made in the casting thereof:
Webster
And under the brim of it around there were knobs compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea around: the knobs were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
World English Bible
Under its brim around there were buds which encircled it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea: the buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
Youngs Literal Translation
and knops beneath its brim round about are compassing it, ten by the cubit, going round the sea round about; in two rows are the knops, cast in its being cast.
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
Laver of brass » One made by solomon for the temple
Master workman » Instances of » Hiram
Mechanic » Instances of » Hiram
Interlinear
Saphah
Cabiyb
Cabab
נקף
Naqaph
compass, go round about, go about, compass about, destroy, down, inclosed, kill, round
Usage: 19
Cabiyb
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 7:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Continues To Build
23 And he made a great metal water-vessel ten cubits across from edge to edge, five cubits high and thirty cubits round. 24 And under the edge of it, circling it all round for ten cubits, were two lines of flower buds, made together with it from liquid metal. 25 It was supported on twelve oxen, with their back parts turned to the middle of it, three of them facing to the north, three to the west, three to the south, and three to the east; the vessel was resting on top of them.
Cross References
1 Kings 6:18
(All the inside of the house was cedar-wood, ornamented with designs of buds and flowers; no stonework was to be seen inside.)
2 Chronicles 4:3
And under it was a design of flowers all round it, ten to a cubit, circling the water-vessel in two lines; they were made from liquid metal at the same time as the water-vessel.
Exodus 25:31-36
And you are to make a support for lights, of the best gold; its base and its pillar are to be of hammered gold; its cups, its buds, and its flowers are to be made of the same metal.
Exodus 37:17-22
Then he made the support for the lights, all of the best gold; its base and its pillar were of hammered gold; its cups and buds and flowers were all made out of the same metal: