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1 Kings 7:24

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.

KJV

Et sculptura subter labium circuibat illud decem cubitis ambiens mare : duo ordines sculpturarum striatarum erant fusiles.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐποίησεν δέκα χυτροκαύλους χαλκοῦς, τεσσεράκοντα χοεῖς χωροῦντας τὸν χυτρόκαυλον τὸν ἕνα μετρήσει· ὁ χυτρόκαυλος ὁ εἷς ἐπὶ τῇ μεχωνὼθ τῇ μιᾷ, ταῖς δέκα μεχωνώθ.

LXX

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.

ASV

וּ/פְקָעִים֩ מִ/תַּ֨חַת לִ/שְׂפָת֤/וֹ סָבִיב֙ סֹבְבִ֣ים אֹת֔/וֹ עֶ֚שֶׂר בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה מַקִּפִ֥ים אֶת הַ/יָּ֖ם סָבִ֑יב שְׁנֵ֤י טוּרִים֙ הַ/פְּקָעִ֔ים יְצֻקִ֖ים בִּ/יצֻקָתֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַמָּ֔ה
'mh
noun · 249×
ה
h
noun · 393×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
verb · 2×
טּ֖וּר
tvr
noun · 26×
י
y
noun · 177×
יִּצֹ֥ק
ytsq
verb · 52×
מַקִּפִ֥ים
mqpym
verb · 19×
נִי
ny
verb · 158×
סָבִֽיב
sbyb
noun · 334×
עֶ֣שֶׂר
'shr
adjective · 174×
פְּקָעִ֔ים
pq'ym
noun · 3×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2130Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim.69

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 6:18 — And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
  • 1Kgs 6:18 — And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
  • 2Chr 4:3 — And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
  • 2Chr 4:3 — And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.