1 Kings 7 · Verse 33

1 Kings 7:33

And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.
1 Kings 7:33, King James Version

1 Kings 7:33 in other translations

BSBThe wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.
WEBThe work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all of cast metal.
ASVAnd the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.
YLTAnd the work of the wheels is as the work of the wheel of a chariot, their spokes, and their axles, and their felloes, and their naves; the whole is molten.
DARBYAnd the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their supports, and their rims, and their spokes and their naves were all molten.
BBEThe wheels were made like carriage-wheels, the rods on which they were fixed, the parts forming their edges, their rods and the middle points of them, were all formed out of liquid metal.
WebsterAnd the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their fellies, and their spokes, were all molten.

What does 1 Kings 7:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 7:27-39

27-39. he made ten bases of brass--These were trucks or four-wheeled carriages, for the support and conveyance of the lavers. The description of their structure shows that they were elegantly fitted up and skilfully adapted to their purpose. They stood, not on the axles, but on four rests attached to the axles, so that the figured sides were considerably raised above the wheels. They were all exactly alike in form…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 7:13-47

The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think, were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises. "Jachin," God will fix this roving mind. It is good that the heart be established with grace. "Boaz," In him is our strength, who works in us both to will and to do. Spiritual strength and stability are found at the door of…

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1 Kings 7:33 in the original Hebrew

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וּמַֽעֲשֵׂה֙u.ma.'a.Sehand [the] work ofH4639
הָא֣וֹפַנִּ֔יםha.'o.fa.Nimthe wheelsH212
כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֖הke.ma.'a.Seh[was] like [the] work ofH4639
אוֹפַ֣ן'o.Fan<the> wheel ofH212
הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֑הha.mer.ka.Vah<the> chariotH4818
יְדוֹתָ֣םye.do.Tamhands theirH3027
וְגַבֵּיהֶ֗םve.ga.bei.Hemand rims theirH1354
וְחִשֻּׁקֵיהֶ֛םve.chi.shu.kei.Hemand spokes theirH2839
וְחִשֻּׁרֵיהֶ֖םve.chi.shu.rei.Hemand hubs theirH2840
הַכֹּ֥לha.Kol<the> everythingH3605
מוּצָֽק\׃mu.Tzak[was] castH3332

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 7:33

  • Ezekiel 1:18

    As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

  • Ezekiel 1:16

    The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

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Context

  • 1 Kings 7:32

    And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

  • 1 Kings 7:33

    And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.

  • 1 Kings 7:34

    And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.

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1 Kings 7:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y la hechura de las ruedas era como la hechura de las ruedas de un carro: sus ejes, sus rayos, y sus cubos, y sus cinchos, todo era de fundición.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et l’ouvrage des roues était comme l’ouvrage d’une roue de char: leurs supports, et leurs jantes, et leurs rayons, et leurs moyeux, tout était de fonte.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und die Arbeit der Räder war wie die Arbeit eines Wagenrades; ihre Halter und ihre Felgen und ihre Speichen und ihre Naben-das Ganze war gegossen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tales autem rotæ erant quales solent in curru fieri: et axes earum, et radii, et canthi, et modioli, omnia fusilia.