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Good News Translation

Exodus 37:15

He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gold;   Shewbread (Showbread);  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Crown;   Table of Showbread;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Shittim;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He made the poles of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
King James Version
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
Lexham English Bible
And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold to carry the table.
New Century Version
The poles for carrying the table were made of acacia wood and were covered with gold.
New English Translation
He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
Amplified Bible
Bezalel made the carrying poles of acacia wood to carry the table and overlaid them with gold.
New American Standard Bible
And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he made the barres of Shittim wood, & couered them with golde to beare the Table.
Legacy Standard Bible
He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
Contemporary English Version
and were made of acacia wood covered with gold.
Complete Jewish Bible
He made the carrying-poles for the table of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
Darby Translation
And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then he used acacia wood to make the poles for carrying the table. He covered the poles with pure gold.
English Standard Version
He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold.
George Lamsa Translation
And he made the poles of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold to carry the table with them.
Christian Standard Bible®
He made the poles for carrying the table from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
Literal Translation
And he made the poles of acacia wood; and he overlaid them with gold, to lift up the table.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& made the staues of Fyrre tre, and ouerlayed the with golde, to beare the staues withall.
American Standard Version
And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
Bible in Basic English
The rods for lifting the table he made of hard wood plated with gold.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he made the barres of Sittim wood, and couered them with golde, to beare the table withall.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
King James Version (1611)
And he made the staues of Shittim wood, and ouerlayed them with gold, to beare the Table.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sockets of their pillars of brass, and their hooks of silver, and their chapiters overlaid with silver, and all the posts of the court overlaid with silver:
English Revised Version
And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
Berean Standard Bible
He made the poles of acacia wood for carrying the table and overlaid them with gold.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he made tho barris of the trees of Sechym, and cumpasside tho with gold.
Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh the staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold, to bear the table;
Update Bible Version
And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he made the staffs [of] shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
World English Bible
He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
New King James Version
And he made the poles of acacia wood to bear the table, and overlaid them with gold.
New Living Translation
He made these poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
New Life Bible
He made the long pieces of acacia wood and covered them with gold. The table was carried with these.
New Revised Standard
He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, - for lifting the table;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The bars also themselves he made of setim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Revised Standard Version
He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

Contextual Overview

10 He made the table out of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high. 11 He covered it with pure gold and put a gold border around it. 12 He made a rim 3 inches wide around it and put a gold border around the rim. 13 He made four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs were. 14 The rings to hold the poles for carrying the table were placed near the rim. 15 He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold. 16 He made the dishes of pure gold for the table: the plates, the cups, the jars, and the bowls to be used for the wine offering. 17 He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, formed one piece with it. 18 Six branches extended from its sides, three from each side. 19 Each of the six branches had three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar some food and a leather bag full of water. He put the child on her back and sent her away. She left and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Judges 4:22
When Barak came looking for Sisera, Jael went out to meet him and said to him, "Come here! I'll show you the man you're looking for." So he went in with her, and there was Sisera on the ground, dead, with the tent peg through his head.
2 Kings 6:19
Then Elisha went to them and said, "You are on the wrong road; this is not the town you are looking for. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are after." And he led them to Samaria.
John 1:38
Jesus turned, saw them following him, and asked, "What are you looking for?" They answered, "Where do you live, Rabbi?" (This word means "Teacher.")
John 4:27
At that moment Jesus' disciples returned, and they were greatly surprised to find him talking with a woman. But none of them said to her, "What do you want?" or asked him, "Why are you talking with her?"
John 18:4
Jesus knew everything that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward and asked them, "Who is it you are looking for?"
John 18:7
Again Jesus asked them, "Who is it you are looking for?" "Jesus of Nazareth," they said.
John 20:15
"Woman, why are you crying?" Jesus asked her. "Who is it that you are looking for?" She thought he was the gardener, so she said to him, "If you took him away, sir, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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