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Young's Literal Translation

Exodus 37:26

and he overlayeth it with pure gold, its top and its sides round about, and its horns; and he maketh for it a wreath of gold round about;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altar of Incense;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - The Altar of Incense;   Crown;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crown;   Horn;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.
King James Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
Lexham English Bible
And he overlaid it with pure gold—its top and its sides all around and its horns—and he made for it a gold molding all around.
New Century Version
He covered the top and all the sides and the corners with pure gold, and he put gold trim around the altar.
New English Translation
He overlaid it with pure gold—its top, its four walls, and its horns—and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.
Amplified Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides all around and its horns; he also made a rim of gold around it.
New American Standard Bible
And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he couered it with pure gold, both the top and the sides thereof rounde about, and the hornes of it, and made vnto it a crowne of golde round about.
Legacy Standard Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around.
Contemporary English Version
He covered it with pure gold and put a gold edging around it.
Complete Jewish Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold — its top, all around its sides and its horns; and he put around it a molding of gold.
Darby Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and made upon it a border of gold round about.
Easy-to-Read Version
He covered the top, all the sides, and the horns with pure gold. Then he put gold trim around the altar.
English Standard Version
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he made a molding of gold around it,
George Lamsa Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it and its sides round about, and the horns of it; and he made for it a crown of gold round about.
Good News Translation
He covered its top, all four sides, and its projections with pure gold and put a gold border around it.
Christian Standard Bible®
He overlaid it, its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold. Then he made a gold molding all around it.
Literal Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides and its horns all around. And he made for it a wreath of gold all around.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and ouerlayed it with fyne golde, the toppe and the sydes of it rounde aboute,
American Standard Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: and he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
Bible in Basic English
The top and the sides and the horns were all plated with the best gold; and he put an edge of gold all round it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he couered it with pure golde, both the top and the sides therof round about, and the hornes of it: and made vnto it a crowne of golde round about.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it; and he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
King James Version (1611)
And he ouerlayed it with pure gold, both the top of it and the sides thereof round about, and the hornes of it: also he made vnto it a crowne of gold round about.
English Revised Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: and he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
Berean Standard Bible
And he overlaid with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns. Then he made a molding of gold all around it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he clothide it with clenneste gold, and the gridele, and wallis, and hornes;
Update Bible Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: and he made to it a crown of gold round about.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold, [both] the top of it, and its sides round about, and its horns: also he made to it a crown of gold round about.
World English Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.
New King James Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides all around, and its horns. He also made for it a molding of gold all around it.
New Living Translation
He overlaid the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and he ran a gold molding around the entire altar.
New Life Bible
He covered its top, all its sides and its horns with pure gold. And he made a piece of gold to go around it.
New Revised Standard
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made for it a molding of gold all around,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he overlaid it with pure gold - the top thereof and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof,-and he made thereto a rim of gold, round about.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he overlaid it with the purest gold, with its grate, and the sides, and the horns.
Revised Standard Version
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and he made a molding of gold round about it,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around.

Contextual Overview

25 And he maketh the perfume-altar of shittim wood; a cubit its length, and a cubit its breadth (square), and two cubits its height; its horns have been of the same; 26 and he overlayeth it with pure gold, its top and its sides round about, and its horns; and he maketh for it a wreath of gold round about; 27 and two rings of gold he hath made for it under its wreath, at its two corners, at its two sides, for places for staves to bear it with them. 28 And he maketh the staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold; 29 and he maketh the holy anointing oil, and the pure spice-perfume -- work of a compounder.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Revelation 8:3 - the golden

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;
Genesis 25:32
And Esau saith, `Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me -- birthright?'
Genesis 37:20
and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.'
Deuteronomy 17:8
`When anything is too hard for thee for judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke -- matters of strife within thy gates -- then thou hast risen, and gone up unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix,
2 Samuel 1:16
and David saith unto him, `Thy blood [is] on thine own head, for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I -- I put to death the anointed of Jehovah.'
Job 16:18
O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.
Psalms 30:9
`What gain [is] in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?
Jeremiah 41:8
And ten men have been found among them, and they say unto Ishmael, `Do not put us to death, for we have things hidden in the field -- wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey.' And he forbeareth, and hath not put them to death in the midst of their brethren.
Ezekiel 24:7
For her blood in her midst hath been, On a clear place of a rock she hath set it, She hath not poured it on the earth, To cover it over with dust.
Matthew 16:26
for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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