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New King James Version

Exodus 37:4

He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ark;   Gold;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Crown;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Shittim;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He made poles of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
King James Version
And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Lexham English Bible
And he made poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold.
New Century Version
Then he made poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.
New English Translation
He made poles of acacia wood, overlaid them with gold,
Amplified Bible
He made carrying poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
New American Standard Bible
And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also he made barres of Shittim wood, and couered them with golde,
Legacy Standard Bible
He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
Contemporary English Version
Then he made two poles of acacia wood, covered them with gold,
Complete Jewish Bible
He made poles of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
Darby Translation
And he made staves of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then he made the poles for carrying the Box. He used acacia wood and covered the poles with pure gold.
English Standard Version
And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold
George Lamsa Translation
And he made poles of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Good News Translation
He made carrying poles of acacia wood, covered them with gold,
Christian Standard Bible®
He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
Literal Translation
And he made poles of acacia wood; and he overlaid them with gold.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And made staues of Fyrre tre, and ouerlayed the with golde,
American Standard Version
And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Bible in Basic English
And rods of the same wood plated with gold.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And made barres of Sittim wood, and couered them with golde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he made staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold.
King James Version (1611)
And he made staues of Shittim wood, and ouerlaid them with gold.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they put it on four posts of incorruptible wood overlaid with gold; and their chapiters were gold, and their four sockets were silver.
English Revised Version
And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Berean Standard Bible
Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he made barris of the trees of Sechym, whiche barris he clothide with gold,
Young's Literal Translation
and he maketh staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold,
Update Bible Version
And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he made staffs [of] shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
World English Bible
He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
New Living Translation
Then he made poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
New Life Bible
He made long pieces of acacia wood and covered them with gold.
New Revised Standard
He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he made bars of setim wood, which he overlaid with gold,
Revised Standard Version
And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

Contextual Overview

1 Exodus 25:10-22">[xr] Then Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits was its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height. 2 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold all around it. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold to be set in its four corners: two rings on one side, and two rings on the other side of it. 4 He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5 And he put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 6 He also made the mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits was its length and a cubit and a half its width. 7 He made two cherubim of beaten gold; he made them of one piece at the two ends of the mercy seat: 8 one cherub at one end on this side, and the other cherub at the other end on that side. He made the cherubim at the two ends of one piece with the mercy seat. 9 The cherubim spread out their wings above, and covered the mercy seat with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

staves: Numbers 4:14, Numbers 4:15, Acts 9:15

with gold: 1 Peter 1:7, 1 Peter 1:18, 1 Peter 1:19

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:13 - General 1 Kings 8:8 - drew out the staves

Cross-References

Genesis 4:5
but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
Genesis 27:41
So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob."
Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many colors.
Genesis 37:5
Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more.
Genesis 37:11
And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
Genesis 37:12
Then his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
Genesis 37:13
And Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them." So he said to him, "Here I am."
Genesis 37:18
Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.
Genesis 37:19
Then they said to one another, "Look, this dreamer is coming!
Genesis 37:24
Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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