God’s Word Translation
1 Kings 7:30
30Each stand had four bronze wheels on bronze axles and four supports beneath the basin. The supports were made of cast metal with designs on the sides.
1 Kings 7:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
- New International Version (NIV)Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Moreover, each stand had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and at the four corners were supports for a basin. The supports were cast with wreaths at the side of each.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Every cart had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and its four feet had supports. Under the laver were supports of cast bronze beside each wreath.
Context of 1 Kings 7:30
28The stands were made this way: They had side panels set in frames. 29On the panels set in frames were lions, oxen, and angels. These were also on the frames. Above and below the lions and the cattle were engraved designs. Each stand had four bronze wheels on bronze axles and four supports beneath the basin. The supports were made of cast metal with designs on the sides. 31Each had a 1½-foot-deep opening in the center to the circular frame on top. The opening was round, formed like a pedestal, and was two feet ⌞wide⌟. Around the opening there were engravings. But the panels were square, not round. 32The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles were attached to the stand. Each wheel was two feet high.
Read all of 1 Kings 71 Kings 7:30 word by word
וְאַרְבָּעָה֩ אוֹפַנֵּ֨י נְחֹ֜שֶׁת לַמְּכוֹנָ֤ה הָֽאַחַת֙ וְסַרְנֵ֣י נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה פַעֲמֹתָ֖יו כְּתֵפֹ֣ת לָהֶ֑ם מִתַּ֤חַת לַכִּיֹּר֙ הַכְּתֵפֹ֣ת יְצֻק֔וֹת מֵעֵ֥בֶר אִ֖ישׁ לֹיֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And everyאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- baseמְכוֹנָהmekônâh mekônâh · baseH4350
- had fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
- brasenנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
- wheelsאוֹפָן'ôphân 'ôphân · wheelH212
- and platesסֶ֫רֶןseren · axleH5633
- cornersפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
- thereof had undersettersכָּתֵףkâthêph · shoulderH3802
- under the laverכִּיֹּרkîyôr kîyôr · basinH3595
- moltenיָצַקyâtsaq · to pour: pourH3332
- at the sideעֵ֫בֶר‛êber · side: besideH5676
- of everyאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
- additionלֹיָהlôyâh · wreathH3914
Cross-references for 1 Kings 7:30
- Ezekiel 1:15As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each of them.
- Ezekiel 3:13I also heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures touching one another and the noise of the wheels beside them as well as a loud rumbling.
- Ezekiel 10:10All four wheels looked the same. Each was like a wheel within a wheel.
Commentaries on 1 Kings 7:30
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Plates of brass - Rather, “brazen axletrees.” The “undersetters” (literally, “shoulders”) are conjectured to have been four brackets, or bars, proceeding from the four upper corners of the bases, and stretching upward to the outer rim of the laver, which thus rested partly upon them. At the side of every addition - Rather, “each opposite garlands.” The laver was ornamented with a garland at the place where the support reached it.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-47Verses 13-47 The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think, were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises. "Jachin," God will fix this roving mind. It is good that the heart be established with grace. "Boaz," In him is our strength, who works in us both to will and to do. Spiritual strength and stability are found at the door of God's temple, where we must…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-39The ten bronze water carts each held a basin for washing burnt offerings (2 Chronicles 4:6). Five were on each side of the temple. They had wheels, so they could be moved when needed.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3927-39. he made ten bases of brass--These were trucks or four-wheeled carriages, for the support and conveyance of the lavers. The description of their structure shows that they were elegantly fitted up and skilfully adapted to their purpose. They stood, not on the axles, but on four rests attached to the axles, so that the figured sides were considerably raised above the wheels. They were all exactly alike in form and size. The lavers which were borne…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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