Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Holman Bible
The reservoir was three inches
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
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 7:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Continues To Build
25 The sea stood on top of twelve oxen. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east. The sea was set on top of them, and their hind parts faced the center. 26 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. 27 Hiram also made ten bronze water carts. Each one was four cubits wide, four cubits long, and three cubits high.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 4:5
It was a handbreadth thick, with its brim fashioned like the brim of a cup. Similar in shape to a lily blossom, it could hold 3,000 baths.
1 Kings 6:18
Cedar carvings in the form of gourds and blooming flowers covered the entire interior of the Temple so that no stone could be seen.
1 Kings 6:32
He installed two doors made of olive wood, inlaying them with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and blooming flowers, and overlaying them with gold. Then he added more gold to cover the cherubim and palm trees.
1 Kings 6:35
Solomon also inlaid the doors with cherubim, palm trees, and blooming flowers. He overlaid them with gold that was carefully applied on the engraved work.
1 Kings 7:19
The capitals on top of each pillar above the rounded latticework contained four cubits of lily designs,
1 Kings 7:38
Hiram also fashioned ten bronze basins, each holding about 40 baths, each basin measuring four cubits in diameter, with one basin for each stand.
Jeremiah 52:21
Each of the pillars was twelve cubits high and its circumference twelve cubits. It was hollow and about a handbreadth thick.
Ezekiel 45:14
The olive oil quota is to be based on the bath, measured at ten baths to each omer, which is equal to one kor.