2 Chronicles 4:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.”

2 Chronicles 4:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Chronicles 4:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Chronicles 4:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“It was a handbreadth thick. Its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It received and held three thousand baths.”

2 Chronicles 4:5 — World English Bible

2 Chronicles 4:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths. ”

2 Chronicles 4:5 — American Standard Version

2 Chronicles 4:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And its thickness <FI>is<Fi> a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold--baths three thousand it containeth.”

2 Chronicles 4:5 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 4:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; in capacity it held three thousand baths. ”

2 Chronicles 4:5 — Darby Translation

2 Chronicles 4:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And the thickenesse thereof was an hande breadth, and the brim thereof was like the worke of the brim of a cuppe with floures of lilies: it conteined three thousand baths.”

2 Chronicles 4:5 — Geneva Bible

2 Chronicles 4:5 in Context — 2 Chronicles 4

3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.

4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.

6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

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What Does 2 Chronicles 4:5 Mean?

2 Chronicles 4:5 is a verse from the Book of 2 Chronicles, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Chronicles chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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