Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
The reservoir was three inches
New American Standard Bible
It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths.
King James Version
And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
International Standard Version
The reservoir, which held about 2,000 baths, stood about a handbreadth thick, and its rim looked like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom.
A Conservative Version
And it was a handbreadth thick. And the brim of it was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.
American Standard Version
And it was a handbreadth thick: and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.
Amplified
It was a hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand
Bible in Basic English
It was as thick as a man's open hand, and was curved like the edge of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it would take two thousand baths.
Darby Translation
And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim was like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; it held two thousand baths.
Julia Smith Translation
And its thickness a hand breadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup the flower of the lily: it will hold two thousand baths.
King James 2000
And it was a handbreadth thick, and the brim thereof was shaped like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Its thickness [was] a handbreadth, but its rim [was] as the work on the brim of a cup, [like the] bud of a lily; it held two thousand baths.
Modern King James verseion
And it was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, with a bud of a lily. It contained two thousand baths.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And it was a hand breadth thick, and the brim wrought like the brim of a cup with flowers of lilies. And it contained two thousand baths.
NET Bible
It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.
New Heart English Bible
It was a handbreadth thick: and its brim was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.
The Emphasized Bible
And, the thickness thereof, was a hand breadth, and, the brim thereof, was like the brim-work of a cup, of lily-blossoms, - two thousand baths, did it contain.
Webster
And it was a hand-breadth thick, and its brim was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
World English Bible
It was a handbreadth thick: and its brim was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.
Youngs Literal Translation
And its thickness is an handbreadth, and its edge as the work of the edge of a cup, flowers of lilies; two thousand baths it containeth.
Themes
Art » Artisans, skillful » Hiram
Bath » Measurement » Liquids » 8 gallons and three quartz
Brass » Articles made of » Altar, vessels, and other articles of the tabernacle and temple
Flowers » Representations of, on the » Sea of brass
Handbreadth » A measure (about four inches)
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Laver of brass » One made by solomon for the temple
Lily » Molded on the rim of the molten laver in the temple
Lily » The principal capitals of the temple ornamented with carvings of
Master workman » Instances of » Hiram
Measure » Bath » Eight gallons and a half
Mechanic » Instances of » Hiram
Interlinear
Ma`aseh
Saphah
References
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Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Morish
Smith
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 7:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Continues To Build
25
It stood on 12 oxen,
Cross References
2 Chronicles 4:5
The reservoir was three inches
1 Kings 6:18
The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with ornamental gourds
1 Kings 6:32
The two doors were made of olive wood. He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold, hammering gold over the cherubim and palm trees.
1 Kings 6:35
He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold applied evenly over the carving.
1 Kings 7:19
And the capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, six feet
1 Kings 7:38
Then he made 10 bronze basins
Jeremiah 52:21
One pillar was 27 feet
Ezekiel 45:14
The quota of oil in liquid measures