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Wycliffe Bible

1 Kings 7:39

And he made ten foundementis, fyue at the riyt half of the temple, and fyue at the left half; sotheli he settide the see at the riyt half of the temple, ayens the eest, at the south.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Art;   Brass;   Carving;   Chapiter;   Hiram;   Master Workman;   Mechanic;   Temple;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Laver;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Laver;   Temple, Solomon's;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jachin (1);   Laver;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Art and Aesthetics;   Bronze;   Copper;   Hiram;   Laver;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hiram;   Israel;   Temple;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Sea ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Laver;   Pillar;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Laver;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahaz;   Temple;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He set five water carts on the right side of the temple and five on the left side. He put the basin near the right side of the temple toward the southeast.
Hebrew Names Version
He set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
King James Version
And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.
English Standard Version
And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.
New Century Version
Huram put five stands on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. He put the large bowl in the southeast corner of the Temple.
New English Translation
He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put "The Sea" on the south side, in the southeast corner.
Amplified Bible
Then he placed the bases, five on the right [or south] side of the house and five on the left [or north] side; and he set the Sea [of cast metal] on the right side of the house toward the southeast.
New American Standard Bible
Then he placed the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the Sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he set the bases, fiue on the right side of the house, & fiue on the left side of the house. And he set the sea on the right side of the house Eastward toward the South.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he set the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south.
Contemporary English Version
He put five stands on the south side of the temple, five stands on the north side, and the large bowl at the southeast corner of the temple.
Complete Jewish Bible
He arranged five of the trolleys on the right side of the house and five on the left side. The Sea he placed on the right side of the house, toward the southeast.
Darby Translation
And he put the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, over against the south.
Easy-to-Read Version
He put five carts on the south side of the Temple and five carts on the north side. He put the large tank in the southeast corner of the Temple.
George Lamsa Translation
And he put five bases on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea on the right side of the house, toward the south.
Good News Translation
He placed five of the carts on the south side of the Temple, and the other five on the north side; the tank he placed at the southeast corner.
Lexham English Bible
He placed five of the stands on the south side of the house and five on the north side of the house, and the sea he set on the southeast side of the house.
Literal Translation
And he put the five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house. And he put the sea on the right side of the house, eastward, across from the south.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And fyue seates set he on the righte syde of the house, and the other fyue on the lefte syde. But the lauer set he before on the righte hande towarde the south.
American Standard Version
And he set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
Bible in Basic English
And he put the bases by the house, five on the right side and five on the left; and he put the great water-vessel on the right side of the house, to the east, facing south.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he put fiue of those feete on the ryght syde of the house, and other fiue on the left: and he set the lauatorie on the right syde of the house eastward, and toward the south.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
King James Version (1611)
And he put fiue bases on the right side of the house, and fiue on the left side of the house: and he set the Sea on the right side of the house Eastward, ouer against the South.
English Revised Version
And he set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
Berean Standard Bible
He set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.
Young's Literal Translation
and he putteth the five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house, and the sea he hath put on the right side of the house, eastward -- over-against the south.
Update Bible Version
And he set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.
World English Bible
He set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
New King James Version
And he put five carts on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house. He set the Sea on the right side of the house, toward the southeast.
New Living Translation
He set five water carts on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. The great bronze basin called the Sea was placed near the southeast corner of the Temple.
New Life Bible
Then he put the stands in place. Five were on the south side of the house, and five were on the north side of the house. And he set the large basin of brass on the southeast corner of the house.
New Revised Standard
He set five of the stands on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house; he set the sea on the southeast corner of the house.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he set the stands, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house, - but, the sea, he set on the right side of the house eastward, over against the south.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he set the ten bases, five on the right side of the temple, and five on the left: and the sea he put on the right side of the temple, over against the east southward.
Revised Standard Version
And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house; and he set the sea on the southeast corner of the house.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he set the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south.

Contextual Overview

13 Also kyng Salomon sente, and brouyte fro Tire Hiram, the sone of a womman widewe, 14 of the lynage of Neptalym, of the fadir a man of Tyre, Hiram, a crafty man of brasse, and ful of wisdom, and vndirstondynge, and doctryn, to make al werk of bras. And whanne he hadde come to kyng Salomon, he made al hys werk. 15 And he made twey pilers of bras, o piler of eiytene cubitis of hiythe; and a lyne of twelue cubitis cumpasside euer either piler. 16 Also he made twei pomels, yotun of bras, that weren set on the heedis of the pilers; o pomel of fyue cubitis of hiythe, and the tothir pomel of fyue cubitis of heiythe; and bi the maner of a net, 17 and of chaynes knyt to gidere to hem, bi wonderful werk. Euer either pomel of the pilers was yotun; seuen werkis lijk nettis of orders weren in o pomel, and seuen werkis lijk nettis weren in the tother pomel. 18 And he made perfitli the pilers, and twei ordris `bi cumpas of alle werkis lijk nettis, that tho schulden hile the pomels, that weren on the hiynesse of pumgarnadis; in the same maner he dide also to the secounde pomel. 19 Sotheli the pomels, that weren on the heedis of the pilers in the porche, weren maad as bi the werk of lilye, of foure cubitis; 20 and eft othere pomels in the hiynesse of pilers aboue, bi the mesure of the piler, ayens the werkis lijk nettis; forsothe twey hundrid ordris of pumgarnadis weren in the cumpas of the secounde pomel. 21 And he settide the twey pilers in the porche of the temple; and whanne he hadde set the riythalf pilere, he clepide it bi name Jachym; in lijk maner he reiside the secounde pilere, and he clepide the name therof Booz. 22 And he settide on the heedis of the pilers a werk bi the maner of a lilie; and the werk of the pilers was maad perfit.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

side: Heb. shoulder

he set: 2 Chronicles 4:6, 2 Chronicles 4:10

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he put five bases on the right side of the house,.... On the south side, which is commonly understood; that is, of the courts of the priests, where they were placed for their use: and five on the left side of the house; on the north, as it must be, if the south is on the right; though as the entrance into the temple was at the east, when a man went in, the north must be on the right, and the south on the left; and this seems to be the position by what follows:

and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, over against the south; and therefore the right side must be the north, which is opposite to the south; the sea seems to have stood northeast, which was for the priests to wash in before they entered on divine service, :- hence it became customary with the Heathens to wash before they performed any religious worship e, particularly the hands and feet f.

e Vid. Virgil. Bucolic. Eclog. 8. "affer aquam", &c. Aeneid. 2. "attrectare nefas", &c. Macrob. Saturnal. l. 3. c. l. f Vid. Sperling de Bapt. Ethnic. p. 88, 89, 101.


 
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