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New American Standard Bible (1995)

2 Chronicles 3:14

He made the veil of violet, purple, crimson and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cherubim;   Colors;   Temple;   Types;   Vail;   Thompson Chain Reference - Blue;   Crimson;   Vail;   Veil;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Cherubim;   Temple, the First;   Types of Christ;   Vail, the Sacred;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Crimson;   Linen;   Purple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Linen;   Temple, Solomon's;   Veil, Vail;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Linen;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blue;   Cherub, Cherubim;   Crimson;   Dyeing;   Insects;   Veil;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Old Testament (Ii. Christ as Student and Interpreter of).;   Veil;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Crimson;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Crete;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cherubim (1);   Color;   Fine;   Linen;   Purple;   Temple;   Veil (2);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cherub;   Color;   Holy of Holies;   Linen;   Temple of Solomon;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He made the curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, and he wove cherubim into it.
Hebrew Names Version
He made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and worked Keruvim thereon.
King James Version
And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
English Standard Version
And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.
New Century Version
He made the curtain of blue, purple, and red thread, and expensive linen, and he put designs of creatures with wings in it.
New English Translation
He made the curtain out of violet, purple, crimson, and white fabrics, and embroidered on it decorative cherubim.
Amplified Bible
He made the veil [between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies] of blue, purple, and crimson colors, and fine linen, and embroidered cherubim on it.
New American Standard Bible
He made the veil of violet, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and he worked cherubim into it.
World English Bible
He made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and worked cherubim thereon.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He made also the vaile of blew silke & purple, and crimosin, and fine linen, and wrought Cherubims thereon.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and he ornamented cherubim on it.
Berean Standard Bible
He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
Contemporary English Version
A curtain was made of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool, and embroidered with designs of winged creatures.
Complete Jewish Bible
He made the curtain of blue, purple and crimson material and of fine linen, with a design of k'ruvim worked into it.
Darby Translation
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and byssus, and made cherubim upon it.
Easy-to-Read Version
He made the curtain from blue, purple, and red materials and expensive linen. There were Cherub angels on the curtain.
George Lamsa Translation
And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson and fine linen, and wrought cherubim on it, and placed the ark in it.
Good News Translation
A curtain for the Most Holy Place was made of linen and of other material, which was dyed blue, purple, and red, with designs of the winged creatures worked into it.
Lexham English Bible
And he made the curtain of blue and purple and crimson and fine linen, and put cherubim on it.
Literal Translation
And he made the veil of violet, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and caused to go on it cherubs.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He made a vayle also of yalow sylke, scarlet, purple and lynworke, and made Cherubins theron.
American Standard Version
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.
Bible in Basic English
And he made the veil of blue and purple and red, of the best linen, worked with winged ones.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he made a fore hanging of yelow silke, purple, crymosin, and fine white, & caused the pictures of Cherubs to be brodred theron.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.
King James Version (1611)
And he made the vaile of blue and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought Cherubims thereon.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and wove cherubs in it.
English Revised Version
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also he made a veil of iacynct and purpur, of reed seelk and bijs; and weuyde cherubyns therynne.
Update Bible Version
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he made the vail [of] blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim upon it.
New King James Version
And he made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and wove cherubim into it.
New Living Translation
Across the entrance of the Most Holy Place he hung a curtain made of fine linen, decorated with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and embroidered with figures of cherubim.
New Life Bible
He made the curtain of blue, purple and red cloth and fine linen. And he worked cherubim on it.
New Revised Standard
And Solomon made the curtain of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and worked cherubim into it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he made a vail, of blue and purple, and crimson and byssus cloth, - and raised thereon cherubim.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He made also a veil of violet, purple, scarlet, and silk: and wrought in it cherubims.
Revised Standard Version
And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and worked cherubim on it.
Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and causeth cherubs to go up on it.
THE MESSAGE
He fashioned the curtain of violet, purple, and crimson fabric and worked a cherub design into it.

Contextual Overview

10 Then he made two sculptured cherubim in the room of the holy of holies and overlaid them with gold. 11 The wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits; the wing of one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub. 12 The wing of the other cherub, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house; and its other wing of five cubits was attached to the wing of the first cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room. 14 He made the veil of violet, purple, crimson and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.15 He also made two pillars for the front of the house, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on the top of each was five cubits. 16 He made chains in the inner sanctuary and placed them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates and placed them on the chains. 17 He erected the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right and the other on the left, and named the one on the right Jachin and the one on the left Boaz.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the veil: Exodus 26:31-35, Matthew 27:51, Hebrews 9:3, Hebrews 10:20

wrought: Heb. caused to ascend

Reciprocal: Exodus 38:18 - needlework 1 Kings 6:21 - by the chains 1 Kings 6:29 - carved figures Luke 23:45 - and the veil

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel."
Genesis 3:20
Now the man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.
Genesis 9:6
"Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.
Leviticus 20:25
'You are therefore to make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make yourselves detestable by animal or by bird or by anything that creeps on the ground, which I have separated for you as unclean.
Psalms 72:9
Let the nomads of the desert bow before him, And his enemies lick the dust.
Isaiah 29:4
Then you will be brought low; From the earth you will speak, And from the dust where you are prostrate Your words will come. Your voice will also be like that of a spirit from the ground, And your speech will whisper from the dust.
Isaiah 65:25
"The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent's food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain," says the LORD.
Micah 7:17
They will lick the dust like a serpent, Like reptiles of the earth. They will come trembling out of their fortresses; To the LORD our God they will come in dread And they will be afraid before You.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This is an important addition to the description in Kings, where the veil is not mentioned. It was made of exactly the same colors as the veil of the tabernacle Exodus 26:31.


 
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