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Christian Standard Bible ®

Exodus 37:20

There were four cups shaped like almond blossoms on the lampstand shaft along with its buds and petals.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Almond;   Candlestick;   Gold;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Candlestick;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Candlestick;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bowl;   Candlestick;   Holy Place;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Flowers;   Menorah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Almond;   Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Almond, Almond Tree;   Bowl;   Crown;   Knops;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Candlestick;   Handicraft;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Almond Tree;   ;   Candlestick,;   Knop,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Almond Tree;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Candlestick, the Golden;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
In the menorah were four cups made like almond-blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
King James Version
And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
Lexham English Bible
And on the lampstand were four almond-flower cups, with its buds and its blossoms.
New Century Version
There were four more cups shaped like almond flowers on the lampstand itself, each with its buds and petals.
New English Translation
On the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms,
Amplified Bible
On the center shaft of the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, with calyxes and flowers [one at the top];
New American Standard Bible
And on the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And vpon the Candlesticke were foure bolles after the facion of almondes, the knoppes thereof and the floures thereof:
Legacy Standard Bible
In the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers;
Contemporary English Version
and four on the stem.
Complete Jewish Bible
On the central shaft of the menorah were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its ring of outer leaves and petals.
Darby Translation
And in the candlestick were four cups, shaped like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers;
Easy-to-Read Version
The shaft of the lampstand had four more flowers. They were also made like almond flowers with buds and petals.
English Standard Version
And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,
George Lamsa Translation
And in the candlestick were four bowls fastened to it with their buds and flowers;
Good News Translation
The shaft of the lampstand had four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
Literal Translation
And on the lampstand were four almond-like bowls, its knobs and its blossoms.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Vpon the candilsticke self were foure cuppes with knoppes and floures,
American Standard Version
And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;
Bible in Basic English
And on its pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And vpon the candelsticke selfe, were foure bolles after the fashion of almondes, with knoppes and floures.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;
King James Version (1611)
And in the candlesticke were foure bowles made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Beseleel the son of Urias of the tribe of Juda, did as the Lord commanded Moses. And Eliab the son of Achisamach of the tribe of Dan was there, who was chief artificer in the woven works and needle-works and embroideries, in weaving with the scarlet and fine linen.
English Revised Version
And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof:
Berean Standard Bible
And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli in that barre weren foure cuppis, in the maner of a note, and litle rundels and lilies weren bi alle cuppis;
Young's Literal Translation
And in the candlestick [are] four calyxes, made like almonds, its knops, and its flowers,
Update Bible Version
And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;
Webster's Bible Translation
And in the candlestick [were] four bowls made like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers:
World English Bible
In the lampstand were four cups made like almond-blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
New King James Version
And on the lampstand itself were four bowls made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower.
New Living Translation
The center stem of the lampstand was crafted with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
New Life Bible
In the lamp-stand there were four cups made to look like almond flowers, with their buds and flowers.
New Revised Standard
On the lampstand itself there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyxes and petals.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and in the lampstand itself, four cups, like almond-flowers, its apples and its blossoms:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And in the shaft itself were four cups after the manner of a nut, and bowls withal at every one, and lilies:
Revised Standard Version
And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almonds, with their capitals and flowers,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers;

Contextual Overview

10He constructed the table of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. 11He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it. 12He made a three-inch frame all around it and made a gold molding all around its frame. 13He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings to the four corners at its four legs. 14The rings were next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table. 15He made the poles for carrying the table from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 16He also made the utensils that would be on the table out of pure gold: its plates and cups, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings. 17Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold. He made it all of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its buds and petals. 18Six branches extended from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side. 19There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on the next branch. It was this way for the six branches that extended from the lampstand.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

almonds: Exodus 25:33, Numbers 17:8, Ecclesiastes 12:5, Jeremiah 1:11

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 4:21 - the flowers

Cross-References

Genesis 37:2
These are the family records of Jacob.
Genesis 37:10
He told his father and brothers, and his father rebuked him. “What kind of dream is this that you have had?” he said. “Am I and your mother and your brothers really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?”
Genesis 37:11
His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
Genesis 37:12
His brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks at Shechem.
Genesis 37:16
“I’m looking for my brothers,” Joseph said. “Can you tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
Genesis 37:18
They saw him in the distance, and before he had reached them, they plotted to kill him.
Genesis 37:29
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.
Genesis 37:32
They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it. Is it your son’s robe or not?”
1 Samuel 24:20
“Now I know for certain you will be king, and the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.
1 Samuel 26:2
So Saul, accompanied by three thousand of the fit young men of Israel, went immediately to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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