1 Kings 7:25
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
KJV
Et stabat super duodecim boves, e quibus tres respiciebant ad aquilonem, et tres ad occidentem, et tres ad meridiem, et tres ad orientem : et mare super eos desuper erat : quorum posteriora universa intrinsecus latitabant.
Vulgate
καὶ ἔθετο τὰς πέντε μεχωνὼθ ἀπὸ τῆς ὠμίας τοῦ οἴκου ἐξ ἀριστερῶν· καὶ ἡ θάλασσα ἀπὸ τῆς ὠμίας τοῦ οἴκου ἐκ δεξιῶν κατ’ ἀνατολὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ κλίτους τοῦ νότου.
LXX
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.
ASV
עֹמֵ֞ד עַל שְׁנֵ֧י עָשָׂ֣ר בָּקָ֗ר שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה פֹנִ֣ים צָפ֡וֹנָ/ה וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁה֩ פֹנִ֨ים יָ֜מָּ/ה וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה פֹּנִ֣ים נֶ֗גְבָּ/ה וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פֹּנִ֣ים מִזְרָ֔חָ/ה וְ/הַ/יָּ֥ם עֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם מִ/לְ/מָ֑עְלָ/ה וְ/כָל אֲחֹֽרֵי/הֶ֖ם בָּֽיְתָ/ה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Typology
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
- 2Chr 4:4 — It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them
- Jer 52:20 — The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.