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Douay-Rheims Bible

Exodus 37:12

And to the ledge itself he made a polished crown of gold, of four fingers breadth, and upon the same another golden crown.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Handbreadth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Coping;   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;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Border;   Crown;   Handbreadth;   Shewbread, the;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He made a border of a handbreadth around it, and made a golden molding on its border around it.
King James Version
Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
Lexham English Bible
And he made for it a handbreadth rim all around, and he made a gold molding for its rim all around.
New Century Version
He made a frame three inches high that stood up all around the edge, and he put a gold strip around it.
New English Translation
He made a surrounding frame for it about three inches wide, and he made a surrounding border of gold for its frame.
Amplified Bible
He made a rim for it [just under the top] a hand width wide all around, and a border of gold around its rim.
New American Standard Bible
And he made a rim for it of a hand width all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also he made thereto a border of an hand breadth round about, and made vpon the border a crowne of golde round about.
Legacy Standard Bible
He made a rim for it of a handbreadth all around and made a gold molding for its rim all around.
Complete Jewish Bible
He made around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a molding of gold around the rim.
Darby Translation
And he made for it a margin of a hand-breadth round about; and made a border of gold for the margin thereof round about.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then he made a frame 1 handbreadth wide around the table. He put gold trim on the frame.
English Standard Version
And he made a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim.
George Lamsa Translation
Also he made for it a border of a handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
Good News Translation
He made a rim 3 inches wide around it and put a gold border around the rim.
Christian Standard Bible®
He made a three-inch frame all around it and made a gold molding all around its frame.
Literal Translation
And he made for it a border of a hand's breadth all around. And he made a wreath of gold for its border all around.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and made vnto it an whoope of an hande bredth hye, and made a crowne of golde rounde aboute the whoope.
American Standard Version
And he made unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
Bible in Basic English
And he made a frame all round it about as wide as a man's hand, edged with gold all round.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And made therevnto an hoope of an hande brode rounde about: and made vpon the hoope a crowne of golde rounde about.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he made unto it a border of a hand-breadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
King James Version (1611)
Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth, round about: and made a crowne of gold for the border thereof round about.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and their pillars three, and their sockets three.
English Revised Version
And he made unto it a border of an handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
Berean Standard Bible
He also made a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he made to that brynke a goldun coroun, rasid bitwixe of foure fyngris; and on the same coroun he made anothir goldun coroun.
Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and maketh a wreath of gold for its border round about;
Update Bible Version
And he made to it a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
Webster's Bible Translation
Also he made to it a border of a hand-breadth round about; and made a crown of gold for its border round about.
World English Bible
He made a border of a handbreadth around it, and made a golden molding on its border around it.
New King James Version
Also he made a frame of a handbreadth all around it, and made a molding of gold for the frame all around it.
New Living Translation
He decorated it with a 3-inch border all around, and he ran a gold molding along the border.
New Life Bible
He made a piece around it as wide as a hand. And he put gold on the side of this piece all around.
New Revised Standard
He made around it a rim a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he mane thereto a border of a handbreadth, round about, and he made a rim of gold to the border thereof round about:
Revised Standard Version
And he made around it a frame a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the frame.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He made a rim for it of a handbreadth all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around.

Contextual Overview

10 He made also the table of setim wood, in length two cubits, and in breadth one cubit, and in height it was a cubit and a half. 11 And he overlaid it with the finest gold, and he made to it a golden ledge round about, 12 And to the ledge itself he made a polished crown of gold, of four fingers breadth, and upon the same another golden crown. 13 And he cast four rings of gold, which he put in the four corners at each foot of the table, 14 Over against the crown: and he put the bars into them, that the table might be carried. 15 The bars also themselves he made of setim wood, and overlaid them with gold. 16 And the vessels for the divers uses of the table, dishes, bowls, and cups, and censers of pure gold, wherein the libations are to be offered. 17 He made also the candlestick of beaten work of the finest gold. from the shaft whereof its branches, its cups, and bowls, and lilies came out: 18 Six on the two sides: three branches on one side, and three on the other. 19 Three cups in manner of a nut on each branch, and bowls withal and lilies: and three cups of the fashion of a nut in another branch, and bowls withal and lilies. The work of the six branches, that went out from the shaft of the candlestick was equal.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

handbreadth: Genesis 21:16

Cross-References

Genesis 33:18
And he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Chanaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria: and he dwelt by the town.
Genesis 37:1
And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan, wherein his father sojourned.
Genesis 37:25
And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Galaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.
Genesis 37:31
And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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