Exodus 37:20

English Standard Version

And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,

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.

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.

Christian Standard Bible®
There were four cups shaped like almond blossoms on the lampstand shaft along with its 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

¹⁰ He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. ¹¹ And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it. ¹² And he made a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim. ¹³ He cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs. ¹⁴ Close to the frame were the rings, as holders for the poles to carry the table. ¹⁵ He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold. ¹⁶ And he made the vessels of pure gold that were to be on the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and flagons with which to pour drink offerings. ¹⁷ He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were of one piece with it. ¹⁸ And there were six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it; ¹⁹ three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of 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 generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.

Genesis 37:10
But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?"

Genesis 37:11
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

Genesis 37:12
Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem.

Genesis 37:16
"I am seeking my brothers," he said. "Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock."

Genesis 37:18
They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.

Genesis 37:29
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes

Genesis 37:32
And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, "This we have found; please identify whether it is your son's robe or not."

1 Samuel 24:20
And now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.

1 Samuel 26:2
So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph with three thousand chosen men of Israel to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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