2CH 4:3 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ὁμοίωμα μόσχων ὑποκάτω αὐτῆς, κύκλῳ κυκλοῦσιν αὐτήν· δέκα πήχεις περιέχουσι τὸν λουτῆρα κυκλόθεν· δύο γένη ἐχώνευσαν τοὺς μόσχους ἐν τῇ χωνεύσει αὐτῶν
(Kai homoiōma mosⱪōn hupokatō autaʸs, kuklōi kuklousin autaʸn; deka paʸⱪeis perieⱪousi ton loutaʸra kuklothen; duo genaʸ eⱪōneusan tous mosⱪous en taʸ ⱪōneusei autōn )

BrTr And beneath it the likeness of calves, they compass it round about: ten cubits compass the laver round about, they cast the calves two rows in their casting,

ULT And a likeness of oxen was under it all around; all around, surrounding it, 10 cubits, encircling the Sea all around; two rows of the oxen, cast in its cast metal.

UST Below the outer rim there were small figures of bulls that were set in a circle, the bulls were placed 45 centimeters apart around the whole circle. The bulls were cast together in two rows, and they were also cast together with the metal basin that was called “The Sea.” (Each row had three hundred figures of bulls.)

BSB Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.

OEB No OEB 2CH book available

WEBBE Under it was the likeness of oxen, which encircled it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.”

LSV And the likeness of oxen [is] under it, encompassing it all around, ten to the cubit, surrounding the sea around; two rows of oxen are cast in its being cast.

FBV Below it were ornamental bulls[fn] all around it, ten per cubit. They were in two rows when it was all cast.

4:3 See1 Kings 7:24 which reads “gourds.”

T4T Below the outer rim there were two rows of small figures of bulls that were part of the metal of the basin. Each row had 300 figures of bulls.

LEB Under it were figures of oxen all around it, ten cubits high, encircling the sea all around. The oxen were in two rows cast as one piece with it.[fn]

4:3 Literally “molten with its casting”

BBE And under it was a design of flowers all round it, ten to a cubit, circling the water-vessel in two lines; they were made from liquid metal at the same time as the water-vessel.

Moff No Moff 2CH book available

JPS And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

ASV And under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

DRA And under it there was the likeness of oxen, and certain engravings on the outside of ten cubits compassed the belly of the sea, as it were with two rows.

YLT And the likeness of oxen [is] under it, all round about encompassing it, ten in the cubit, compassing the sea round about; two rows of oxen are cast in its being cast.

Drby And under it was the similitude of oxen, encompassing it round about, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about, two rows of oxen, cast when it was cast.

RV And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

Wbstr And under it was the similitude of oxen, which encompassed it: ten in a cubit, encompassing the sea. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 [fn]And vnder it was the similitude of oxen, which did compasse it round about: tenne in a cubite compassing the Sea round about. Two rowes of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

4:3 1.King. 7. 24.

Bshps And vnder it was the fashion of oxen, whiche dyd compasse it rounde about: with ten cubites dyd they compasse the lauatorie rounde about, and there were two rowes of oxen whiche were cast lyke molten worke.
(And under it was the fashion of oxen, which did compass it round about: with ten cubits did they compass the lauatorie round about, and there were two rows of oxen which were cast like molten work.)

Gnva And vnder it was ye facion of oxen, which did compasse it rounde about, tenne in a cubite compassing the Sea about: two rowes of oxen were cast when it was molten.
(And under it was ye/you_all facion of oxen, which did compass it round about, ten in a cubit compassing the Sea about: two rows of oxen were cast when it was molten. )

Cvdl And ymages of Bullockes were vnder it. And aboute the lauer (which was ten cubites wyde) there were two rowes of knoppes, yt were molten withall.
(And images of Bullockes were under it. And about the laver (which was ten cubits wyde) there were two rows of knoppes, it were molten withall.)

Wycl And the licnesse of oxis was vndur it, and bi ten cubitis summe grauyngis with outforth cumpassiden the brynke of the see as with tweyne ordris; sotheli the oxis weren yotun.
(And the licnesse of oxis was under it, and by ten cubits some grauyngis with outforth cumpassiden the brynke of the sea as with two ordris; truly the oxis were yotun.)

Luth Und Ochsenbilder waren unter ihm umher; und es waren zwo Riegen Knoten um das Meer her (das zehn Ellen weit war), die mit angegossen waren.
(And Ochsenbilder were under him umher; and it were zwo Riegen Knoten around/by/for the sea her (das ten Ellen weit war), the with angegossen were.)

ClVg Similitudo quoque boum erat subter illud, et decem cubitis quædam extrinsecus cælaturæ, quasi duobus versibus alvum maris circuibant. Boves autem erant fusiles:[fn]
(Similitudo too boum was subter illud, and ten cubitis quædam extrinsecus cælaturæ, as_if duobus versibus alvum maris circuibant. Boves however they_were fusiles: )

4.3 Et decem cubitis. RAB. Sculptura subter labium, etc., usque ad quanta infelicitate propter scelera perierunt reprobi.

4.3 And ten cubitis. RAB. Sculptura subter labium, etc., until to quanta infelicitate propter scelera they_perished reprobi.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-bdistance

(Occurrence 0) each cubit

(Some words not found in UHB: and,figures oxen below/instead_of to=him/it around around encircled DOM=him/it ten in/on/at/with,cubits surrounding DOM the=sea all_around two rows the,oxen throw in/on/at/with,cast,it )

A cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate translation: “every 46 centimeters”

(Occurrence 0) ten to each cubit

Alternate translation: “ten per cubit”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) when the sea itself was cast

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “when the workers cast the sea itself”

Parallel 2CH 4:3