Revised Webster's Bible
Jeremiah 52:21
21And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a band of twelve cubits surrounded it; and the thickness of it was four fingers: it was hollow.1
Jeremiah 52:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
- New International Version (NIV)Each pillar was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference; each was four fingers thick, and hollow.
- English Standard Version (ESV)As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, its circumference was twelve cubits, and its thickness was four fingers, and it was hollow.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now concerning the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, a measuring line of twelve cubits could measure its circumference, and its thickness was four fingers; it was hollow.
Context of Jeremiah 52:21
19And the basins, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the lampstands, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, the captain of the guard took away. 20The 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. And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a band of twelve cubits surrounded it; and the thickness of it was four fingers: it was hollow. 22And a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capitals around, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like these. 23And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred on all sides.
Read all of Jeremiah 52Jeremiah 52:21 word by word
וְהָעַמּוּדִ֗ים שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה אַמָּה֙ קוֹמַת֙ הָעַמֻּ֣ד הָאֶחָ֔ד וְח֛וּט שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה אַמָּ֖ה יְסֻבֶּ֑נּוּ וְעָבְי֛וֹ אַרְבַּ֥ע אַצְבָּע֖וֹת נָבֽוּב׃Read the interlinear
- pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
- heightקוֹמָהqômâh · heightH6967
- oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- eighteenשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
- eighteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
- cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
- bandחוּטchûţ · threadH2339
- twelveשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- surroundedסָבַבsâbab · to turn: surroundH5437
- thicknessעֲבִי‛ăbîy ‛ŏbîy · thicknessH5672
- fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
- fingersאֶצְבַּע'etsba‛ · fingerH676
- hollowנָבַבnâbab · be hollowH5014
Cross-references for Jeremiah 52:21
- 1 Kings 7:15For he cast two pillars of brass, each of eighteen cubits high: and a line of twelve cubits did surround each of them.
- 2 Kings 25:17The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the capital upon it was brass: and the height of the capital three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the capital around, all of brass: and like these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
- 2 Chronicles 3:15Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 52:21
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21The fillet means a measuring line; the pillars were 12 cubits, i. e., 18 feet, in circumference, and thus the diameter would be 5 feet 9 inches. As the brass was four fingers, i. e., scarcely four inches thick, the hollow center would be more than five feet in diameter.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-23Verses 12-23 The Chaldean army made woful havoc. But nothing is so particularly related here, as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and value shows us the more the evil of sin.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21Jeremiah included the phrase and twelve cubits in circumference in the last sentence (see 2 Kings 25:17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. eighteen cubits--but in 2Ch 3:15, it is "thirty-five cubits." The discrepancy is thus removed. Each pillar was eighteen common cubits. The two together, deducting the base, were thirty-five, as stated in 2Ch 3:15 [Grotius]. Other ways (for example, by reference to the difference between the common and the sacred cubit) are proposed: though we are not able positively to decide now which is the true way, at least those proposed do show that the…Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Jeremiah 52:21 fillet: Heb. thread ↩
Commentaries on Jeremiah 52
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- 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
- EGW Writings
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