1 Kings 7 · Verse 34

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.
1 Kings 7:34, King James Version

1 Kings 7:34 in other translations

BSBEach stand had four handles, one for each corner, projecting from the stand.
WEBThere were four supports at the four corners of each base. Its supports were of the base itself.
ASVAnd there were four undersetters at the four corners of each base: the undersetters thereof were of the base itself.
YLTAnd four shoulders are unto the four corners of the one base; out of the base are its shoulders.
DARBYAnd there were four shoulder-pieces to the four corners of one base; of the base itself were its shoulder-pieces.
BBEAnd there were four angle-plates at the four angles of every base, forming part of the structure of the base.
WebsterAnd there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.

What does 1 Kings 7:34 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 7:34 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַרְבַּ֣עve.'ar.Ba'and fourH702
כְּתֵפ֔וֹתke.te.FotsupportsH3802
אֶ֚ל'el[were] toH413
אַרְבַּ֣ע'ar.Ba'[the] fourH702
פִּנּ֔וֹתpi.Not[the] corners ofH6438
הַמְּכֹנָ֖הha.me.kho.Nahthe standH4350
הָֽאֶחָ֑תha.'e.Chat<the> oneH259
מִן\־min-[were] fromH4480
הַמְּכֹנָ֖הha.me.kho.Nahthe standH4350
כְּתֵפֶֽיהָ\׃ke.te.Fei.hasupports itsH3802

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

Context

  • 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.

  • 1 Kings 7:35

    And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.

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1 Kings 7:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Asimismo los cuatro hombrillos á las cuatro esquinas de cada basa: y los hombrillos eran de la misma basa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il y avait quatre épaules, aux quatre coins d’une base; les épaules sortaient de la base.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und vier Schulterstücke waren an den vier Ecken eines Gestelles: aus dem Gestell waren seine Schulterstücke.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nam et humeruli illi quatuor per singulos angulos basis unius, ex ipsa basi fusiles et conjuncti erant.