1 Kings 7:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the opening in the top of the base was within the capital and above one cubit; but the mouth was round after the shape of the base, a cubit and a half; and there were engravings with their borders, square, not round.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The opening of the stand, from inside the capital upwards, was one cubit. Its opening was round, shaped like a pedestal, measuring a cubit and a half. Around its opening were carvings, and its frames were square, not circular.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the soket vpon the stole was a cubyte hye and rounde, a cubyte and an halfe wyde: and on the soket there were knoppes in foldes, which were foure squared & not rounde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the mouth of it was within the chapiter and aboue to measure by the cubite: for the mouth thereof was round made like a base, and it was a cubite and halfe a cubite: and also vpon the mouth thereof were grauen workes, whose borders were foure square, and not round.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the stalke of the lauatorie was in the middle of it, and aboue one cubite: But the stalke thereof was round after the worke of the foote, a cubite & a halfe: and also vpon the stalke were grauings with their bands, foure square and not round.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above [was] a cubit: but the mouth thereof [was] round [after] the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it [were] gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and the mouth of it was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on the mouth of it were engravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And its mouth within the chapiter and above `is' by the cubit, and its mouth `is' round, the work of the base, a cubit and half a cubit; and also on its mouth `are' carvings and their borders, square, not round.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The mouth of it inside the angle-plate was one cubit across; it was round like a pillar, a cubit and a half across; it had designs cut on it; the sides were square, not round.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and its mouth was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its mouth were engravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 7:22-30
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    84%

    22And upon the top of the pillars was lily work; thus the work of the pillars was finished.

    23And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from one rim to the other; it was round all about, and its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.

    24And under the brim around it were knobs encircling it, ten in a cubit, encircling the sea all around; the knobs were cast in two rows when it was cast.

    25It stood upon twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set upon them, and all their hind parts were inward.

    26And it was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; it contained two thousand baths.

    27And he made ten bases of bronze; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.

    28And the workmanship of the bases was as follows: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges.

    29And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the ledges there was a base above, and beneath the lions and oxen were additions of thin work.

    30And each base had four bronze wheels and plates of bronze, and the four corners had supports; the supports were molten beneath the lavers, at the side of each addition.

  • 1 Kgs 7:32-38
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    32And the four wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were joined to the base; and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half.

    33And the workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel; their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast.

    34And there were four supports at the four corners of each base; the supports themselves were part of the base.

    35And on the top of the base was a circular piece half a cubit high; and on the top of the base, its ledges and its borders were part of it.

    36On the plates of its ledges and on its borders, he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the open space on each, with wreaths all around.

    37Thus he made the ten bases; all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.

    38Then he made ten bronze lavers; each laver held forty baths, each laver was four cubits; on each of the ten bases, one laver.

  • 1 Kgs 7:15-19
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    76%

    15For he cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits encircled each pillar.

    16And he made two capitals of molten bronze to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.

    17And nets of checker work and wreaths of chain work for the capitals upon the top of the pillars; seven for one capital and seven for the other capital.

    18And he made the pillars and two rows around on one network, to cover the capitals that were upon the top, with pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital.

    19And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.

  • 2 Chr 4:2-5
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    76%

    2Also he made a cast sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, perfectly round, and five cubits high; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.

    3And under it were figures of oxen surrounding it: ten per cubit, encircling the sea. Two rows of oxen were cast when it was cast.

    4It stood upon twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the sea sat upon them, and all their hindquarters were inward.

    5And its thickness was a handbreadth, and its brim shaped like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; it held three thousand baths.

  • 1 Kgs 7:40-44
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    75%

    40And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished doing all the work he did for King Solomon for the house of the LORD:

    41The two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;

    42And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars;

    43The ten bases and ten lavers on the bases;

    44The one sea and twelve oxen under the sea;

  • 2 Chr 4:14
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    14He also made stands, and lavers made upon the stands;

  • Exod 30:2-3
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    73%

    2A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth; it shall be square: and its height shall be two cubits: its horns shall be of one piece with it.

    3And you shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, and its sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a crown of gold around it.

  • 2 Kgs 25:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the bronze of all these vessels was beyond measure.

    17The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the capital on it was bronze: and the height of the capital was three cubits; and the network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze: and the same was the second pillar with the network.

  • Exod 25:25
    71%

    25And you shall make for it a rim of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a golden border for the rim all around.

  • Exod 30:28
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    28And the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base.

  • 2 Chr 4:12
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    12The two pillars, and the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the two pillars, and the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

  • Jer 52:21-22
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    71%

    21And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a string of twelve cubits circled it; and its thickness was four fingers: it was hollow.

    22And a capital of bronze was upon it; and the height of one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capitals all around, all of bronze. The second pillar and the pomegranates were similar to these.

  • Exod 37:12
    71%

    12Also he made a border of a handbreadth around it; and made a gold molding for the border around it.

  • Exod 37:3
    71%

    3And he cast four rings of gold for it, to be set at its four corners; two rings on one side, and two rings on the other side.

  • 2 Chr 3:15
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    15Also, he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

  • Exod 31:9
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    9The altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base,

  • Ezek 40:30
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    30The arches all around were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.

  • Exod 38:19
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    19Their pillars were four, and their sockets of bronze four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their bands of silver.

  • Exod 35:16
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    16The altar of burnt offering, with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its vessels, the laver and its base,

  • 1 Kgs 7:6
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    6And he made a porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its width thirty cubits. The porch was in front of them, and the other pillars and the thick beam were in front of them.

  • Ezek 41:17
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    17To that above the door, even to the inner house, and outside, and by all the wall all around inside and outside, by measure.

  • 1 Kgs 7:10
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    10And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.